Like the last leaf
that falls from the tree,
all things come to completion.
When I began this journey
I did not know the steps my sandals take,
Sadly at times I know where they will not.
I have left opened doors behind me,
walking away from gaping mouths
and statues with clay feet.
If I am to make my way into this life
I must risk the blessings
that have been lavished upon me.
It is from the goodness that I draw
my will to be again reborn
again and again before passing to the final death.
If I lived no harsh and bitter times
how would I measure
those moments of bliss and happiness?
My life has not been about the space I possess
but the great distances within myself
I have had to embrace.
So many people have brought so many things
into my life of wonder, I must choose
which things to call my own and which to return.
I asked my teacher many things,
for I have so much need to seek
the self of revelation.
He gave me this: learn everyday something new,
likewise share that which you have learned,
and cause no one or thing to suffer this day.
When one person passes, his life force
dies, until rebirth, but when thousands perish
the darkness is undeniable.
Sending my thoughts across the distance
opening my heart of compassion,
I breathe into this world my hope of great peace.
I may be able to do nothing more,
But I am able to speak.
One voice like a candle lives.
We, each of us will join our voices
In a chorus of compassion
and sing the songs of peace.
So when the last leaf falls,
it may rest until reborn,
as this comes to its completion.
So when the fallen
Strain to hear the outcry of the world
Our songs of peace we pray they hear.
Bhante Kassapa
3 responses so far ↓
1 Luis Soberon // Apr 3, 2008 at 12:48 am
This is one of the most beautiful poems I have ever read. Thank you for sharing this. I heard it echo in my own soul.
Thank you brother.
2 Luis Soberon // Apr 3, 2008 at 12:51 am
This is one of the most beautiful poems I have ever read. Thank you for sharing this. I heard it echo in my own soul.
Thank you brother
3 Bhante n. Kassapa Bhikkhu // Apr 3, 2008 at 9:50 am
Luis,
You are so very welcome. Your words are an extension of your own goodness. Many Blessings.
BK
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