See Not the World that Is

Disharmony in this house is deified,

Indolence, inertia rule the day,

Petty will and egos magnified

Hold the ground and turn the seeker away.

And symptomatic of life the world abides

The lust for power, visible enmity

Unable to see the light our darkness hides,

No modicum of common courtesy.

I have seen sincerity and inner fires

In some who seek a truth yet unrevealed

To the visionless or blind from life's desire's

Or those who keep the sacred chamber sealed,

No radiance, no love can penetrate.

Absorbed in self and closed to all things new

Perpetually confused in mind's estate

Inapt to separate the false from true

Or take the leap into an unknown vast

That teems with endless possibility.

Discard the heavy baggage of the past,

See not the world that is but is to be.