let the weight be love

C. Gapik

"Anything that can be lost was never truly ours, anything that we cling to only imprisons us."

Jack Kornfield

heavy is the shadow 
heavy is the sunset

long thoughts that weigh heavy on the heart

like old books holding down loose papers on a windy day

like old men holding down the young

to 'teach them their place,'

like the rich holding down the poor

the sun goes down so slowly

tell me
how much grace will I need to get through this life?

james lee jobe

"In the never-ending sound of water, you will always find the Buddha."

Taneda Santoka

it is not quite late in life but almost
I am conscious of my silence the size of it like a mountain or a skyscraper.
the grand canyon of silence
and inside of my blood at the molecular level there is nuclear fission taking place and one day it will end me
my cells will divide into death nothingness
I am aware of this and answer with more silence
I would confess my sins if I thought it would do any good or if I believed in sin or if I believed there was someone to hear this confession but I don't
More silence I reject any notions of the catholicism from my youth that still linger out of weakness and habit
samsara delusion life is suffering
there is only the dharma silence
what happens next doesn't matter at all

james lee jobe

"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world."

Eugene V. Debs

grieving empties out some space in my very full heart
and having grieved I then free up space to store more love
if my heart must be full then let the weight be love not grief
I have to go on living so love is the better weight to bear

james lee jobe

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people."

Howard Zinn

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