Poem: Quiet. Empty.

First posted in March, 2004

Quiet. Empty.
Thinking of everything
   and nothing at all.
Wanting freedom
   from emotion,
   from desire.
Wanting not to want.

But I do want.
Want to sit in the dark,
   eyes closed, soul still.
Want to pull my legs in,
   watch the fire dance.
Want to lie in dry moss,
   hear the brook sing.
I don't want to think.
I simply want to be.



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