Mind the Gap - Maya Spector

[Larry Robinson]

Mind the Gap


The sign on the platform
            of the London underground
                        reads: Mind the gap.
The phraseology –
            so polite,
                        so formal,
                                    so British –
made me smile
            when I saw it
                        for the first time.
Now, I am listening to
            Tibetan Buddhist teacher
                        Pema Chodron speaking
about the bardos of
            life, death and after death.
                        She says the definition
of bardo is gap,
            the in-between state,
                        transition.
And so, I recall the instruction
            on that London
                        underground platform,
revealing the most profound
            of teachings.
                        Yes.
Mind the gap.

	- Maya Spector