Tagged: detachment
you are meditating
you are meditating
while i peel into fifteen
pomegranates, looking
for a pattern, a rhythm,
a mantra to latch
onto that could
somehow make the
detachment effortless
.
20201019:1833
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reflecting on the
reflecting on the
impermanence of it all, i
will not endeavor
to stick around longer than
rationed by time, seek attachments
.
20170430:1733
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there are a lot of
there are a lot of
things that i don’t
say – like how even
with you, i get
lonely sometimes,
or how i prefer
the loneliness
to making a run
for it – okay,
maybe only one
or two things
.
20160814:1303
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in place of the sun
in place of the sun
or the moon
in our town,
we have the
empire state to the
north, the one
world trade
to the south.
in place of the
tranquility of
non-attachment,
we have anchored
ourselves in the
center divvying
up a flood
of memories
.
20140816:1032
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there can be only
there can be only
love without
attachment, for
separation
is inevitable
.
20140104:1103
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in every morning
if i could, i would like to
if i could, i would like to
break down, fasten the ends
of the things we know best
about each other to a thousand
parachutes and let go. but
most interventions are
traps – the evening sky
holds the same stars and,
despite inexhaustible
interpretations, our
bolero, the same notes
.
20130116:0844
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there is irony
there is irony
in this – you, offering a
gift for detachment
.
20121229:1939
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