Poem for the Obvious

I feel sad.

That’s ok.

Makes sense.

(And if it didn’t?)

Things the Buddhist Teacher Said Would Teach Me to Separate Perception and Reality

Love is the direct opposite of anger.

Trying to locate a rainbow,
you are only disrupting
particles of light.

Sit and feel the fly
move on your skin.

The fog cleared and
I was off running
In the clarity
Everything was only
Sets of line and color
Again.

Woke up with a heavy weight

halfway between my mind

and my chest. Every time

I get stronger, I’ve been putting

more burden there.