Seeking, I found;
And so, wide-listening, lay at the heart of all-
An instant-an eternity-who knows?
I lay at the heart of the world and heard the world
From creation to creation
From forever to forever
From now to now.
I heard the seas let forth; the great peaks rise;
The sun burst red across the day’s rim;
And in the churning fogs I heard it set.
I heard the mists rise over forming plains;
I heard the towering trees take root and shape;
I heard the spirit quiver and divide
And scintillate in multiplicity;
I heard the ego enter into flesh.
Deep in the dark and dazzle of the mists
I heard the heartbreak of divided soul;
I heard the teardrops of the spirit flow.
Holding my breath, I heard the breath of things
Too near to fathom and too far to change.
I heard love turn to scarlet; truth to beige;
Peace turn to saffron; loyalty to gray.
I heard the flame creep on the fleshly wall;
I heard the smoke drift out across the sky;
I heard the firey embers dim and die
And,
Soft as silence,
Heard the ashes fall.