Contemplify (excerpt) - Paul Swanson

 


The mystics warn that you are bound
to be nicked by the barbs of existence. 
The soul's well-being is not dependent on safety,
but meaning...
Hold the mystical crumbs in your mouth.
Taste Beauty in every step.
Stay awake...
Sing songs of mercy along the way...

The pangs of loneliness will be piercing...
With practice a fierce compassion
Swells from this barefoot vulnerability.
Embrace each kindred traveler you meet,
for only the walking and wordling souls abide and enlarge
in the midst of such relentless change.


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