Another Day
early morning darkness
awake from sleep
a time and place no different from today
senses drop away
into absolute emptiness
dawn
seeing first light
hearing bird song
waking to the fresh feel of the wind
a mind unfettered
from endless conditioning
into wordless cognizance
bright sun of day
relentless round of my activities
relative world pointing
to buddha mind
relaxing into the light
of absolute clarity
sunset
the mind collects itself
from the crushing cycle of conditioning
into the same reality of sleep and dreams
and finally
the spaciousness of buddha mind
by Tom Shay Jr.
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