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Meaning
by zed Wednesday, May 15 2019, 6:00pm
international / poetry / post

the meaning of meaning evades
understanding
like a zen koan
it cracks then shatters mind
leaving only the pristine,
unblemished origination

how fearful this process,
plucking metal feathers
from grounded birds
that wish only to fly
tho the sky remains empty

streams and rivers must flow
to the sea and rise again
to the sky like spine fountains
that burst in the brain
spilling soma, birthing creation

a LIE was the cause of the fall
and Truth/reality sets all free,
watch rivers of light flow and circulate
to see

action arises from non-action effortlessly
allow the flow of soma to circulate freely, ceaselessly
by interrogating meaning

Be with me, tho this is no place
for personal pronouns, the steel feathers
that prevent flight

existence does not labour,
it simply becomes spontaneously,
the above is as the below and
that which is below must rise above,
the hot flows to the cold and the cold
warms to the above without effort

all the power in creation is there for
the taking if taking is effortless, spontaneous

sweat, blood and sorrow plague
those that try
everything already is --
could you add one cubit or remove one jot?

shattered pieces reform themselves automatically,
black roses and scarlet tulips do not exist,
the meaning of meaning cannot be defined
tho meaning defines then shatters all things

the void is full and overflowing
and saturated existence is void

this poem is not a riddle,
discern the meaning of meaning
to un-know, which unknowing
gives rise to all knowledge

this poem is not a poem
it's a koan saturated with meaning
tho appearing meaningless

in the end/beginning
u may discover that meaning
is meaningless