Awakening

Lifetimes spent
Lamenting -
“I never had”,
Possibilities never realized.
Caught up in desires,
Driven by ego’s imaginings.
All the while,
In front of me
Mothers, fathers,
Sisters, brothers,
Friends, enemies, strangers -
All my children.
And my fathers, mothers,
My friends, my brothers.
Billions, generations -
All my relations.
Under delusion,
I lost time,
Wasted, wanting,
Missing the connection
Amaranthine thread
Blind, I was -
Not just to the thread,
But the tapestry.
Wholly beautiful.


(copyright 2011)