Monday, August 22, 2011
""What the Buddha Said" (poem by Dorothy)
What the Buddha Said
The Buddha said,
Be a light
and I am wondering
if he himself
at the end,
at those last days,
when everyone (including him)
knew he was finishing,
if he knew
where the light would go,
once the final breath left.
And he must have asked,
as we all do,
was it worth it,
the struggle
and the striving,
the endless seeking
and exhortations.
Did anyone listen?
Did they know,
comprehend,
even a tiny molecule
of what he was telling
them?
Would they follow,
be a light
to themselves,
to the others
coming after them?
Dorothy Walters
August 18, 2011
