"The road
is constantly deedless
and yet there is nothing, not being done"
ENLIGHTENMENT
Finally
he went to the sea
barefoot
and counted
from the water
the drops
the grains
from the sand.
THEN FELL as tinder
the light
and there was no truth
which was not his
complete as the word
yet unspoken.
Take it in your hand
as an oracle-stone which lights up
or burns.
AND EVEN TO THE STARS he
gave lustre and light
they took it along
as victuals and breath
on their endless voyage.
THEN SPACE became all one light
the horizon disappeared
the boundary
between heaven and earth
time became erased
emptiness became fullness
or was it greater void
-revelation?
MUCH LATER then
beneath the infinite dome
of the cosmic space
he heard
barely audible
an unreal singing
-or was it greater silence?
THE BOUNDARIES erased
the language and the signs
so deeply engraved. Passed
through the Gateless Gate.
MERGED was everything
things
humans
gods
the beginning and the end
timeless and complete
-one.