Dependently co-arising:
body and mind.
Independently falling apart:
two halves of a coconut
roll away from each other.
The machete hovers and withdraws.
The match burned out.
Or did the flame
burn through the match?
What is left? Everything,
some as light (some as ash)
across the universe.
(First published in Tulane Review (Spring 2015): 7.)
Leave a Reply