by Alvaro
As I took my first step I thought
About how so many could not
Realize the svabhāvaof their beings
Which could lead them to seeing,
How their Buddha-nature was contained
By their desire for a train
Of thought, constantly moving
Despite their true being soothing
To the sound of no thoughts
As I step further, my breath slows
As I begin to recede
To the petrichor below
Softly raising,
The ground saving
Elements untouched
The quiet breeze, enough
To fulfill every need
Winds forever lead
Walking, expanding and non-thinking
My thoughts wander no more
The Vipassanālike a roar
Rushes in, to my mind
However, it is empty,
And yet as overflowing as a vine
That grows with time
Like the brightest bodhisattva
Sage and sages arise
The steps I have taken
The meditation
Walking and being,
Becoming and seeing,
All directions are one
Attachment leads me to run
From my salubrious potential
To see all as eventual,
Affirmed and released
There are no ills and no beasts
In the distance,
The sound of streets,
Elements and the heat
The moment, the uji
The cosmos unfolds;
No creases, no hold
Of the mind or of time
What binds the Earth
To the beings that find,
Meaning in the line,
Ever creating
The ensō
Non-mind,
I strive
To not deny
The Buddha-nature beauty
Like the sky
Clear and nothing,
Yet overflowing and everything.