The natural percussion of acceptance

Look at this linen
these linen pants
there is no gap
says the T.V. commercial
Did they buy a new car
asks my wife
our friends debt
easier than talking of our own
The words linen and car
bouncing in the cave
of the Druid and Gaelic mind
vascular brain not unlike an Oak



















As above
so below
The present in rigpa
both past and future

The car, gaelic word
for the rumbling chariot
an issue for our age
carbon stupidity, activist rage

Linen of Leinster
Pride of the gaels
Marijuana hemp used to compose
finest clothing and ship sails

The real Saint Patrick
Letter to Coroticus and tears
traditions of slavery papered over
delusions, invented histories, beer
Acceptance of the groan
of cyclical existence, samsara
Clear seeing and compassion of
needless suffering
The freedom of full emotions
the spokes of the wheel spinning
and being the space in between
I raise my jeweled prayer hands
to my crown, my lama
to my forehead, the buddha mind of my children
to my throat, so that I speak
to my heart
compassion, devotion, love, my wife
in the percussion of acceptance
breath in
breath out
heart the open drum