This world –
absolutely pure
As is.
Behind the fear,
Vulnerability.
Behind that,
Sadness,
then compassion
And behind that the vast sky.
~ Rick Fields
Notes:
- Rick Fields bio and background: NY Times: Rick Fields, Poem and Expert on Buddhism
- Poem Source: Thank you Make Believe Boutique.
- Photograph: Cruising Outpost Magazine
- Post Inspired by “A poem should be wordless / As the flight of birds.” By Archibald MacLeish, from “Ars Poetica,” Collected Poems 1917-1982. Source: The Journey of Words
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