Long days
And excessive miles
On desert highways
Warp my mind
But it’s a good warp
Ripe with strange insights
As the desert strips away
All but the essential
Long days
And excessive miles
On desert highways
Warp my mind
But it’s a good warp
Ripe with strange insights
As the desert strips away
All but the essential
Yet… perhaps no greater love for this moment
Whether it seem strange or familiar
Than mine
Of course
I often manage
To imagine something
Stranger still
I try not to let
My ignorance
Confine my experience
I re-encountered Buddha
Long obscured for me
Made strange by the confines
Of my culture familiar
Which alters my idea
Of beauty
Which alters my idea
Of love
And so
My capacity
For compassion
Grows