We wouldn't need directions.
If the directions were clear,
We wouldn't need instruction.
For all those dead ends we followed, and all those wrong turns
Who can be blamed? Not our spiritual advisors, surely.
Not our programmers.
If our chakras were
in perfect balance,
Emotions would not impede.
If our cache was empty,
Then our expression would be serene.
If our limbs were
arranged in rest and activity with equal ease
Then we would never
stumble or get fatigued.
We would never get the hourglass.
A wise man says that
obstacles are necessary
For greatness.
A wise woman believes
there is nothing more beautiful
Than truth.
What we have and are
in the now-eternal moment
Is preferable to all
other states, say the server gods.
If only I could make
myself stop spinning long enough
I could understand
these facts,
Or perhaps I am an
old-fashioned hard drive
With a failing motherboard.
Where do I turn in
this mind and get an upgrade?
How do I switch out
the program?
You are an
ever-renewing human equivalent.
Just close your eyes
and breathe.
