I hear the empty spaces in between the words,
like empty spaces between cars of a moving train,
like the sound of rain that falls
on the rooftop of my grandmother’s house.
It falls.
I hear.
Drops of rain carry no meaning;
a drop no more important than any other drop.
I hear my thoughts.
They come and go.
River of movement, river of life.
I do not grab one to follow.
No importance to it all.
All concerns about this body,
of karmic debt, of life before,
are no more.
They grab nothing.
They move and carry nothing.
They appear and nothing contain.
I live, I go;
and when in between thoughts, I die.
And nothing stays.
