Bodhichitta - Steve Bollock

[Larry Robinson]

Bodhichitta

The weed seed patiently waits
for the concrete to crack  
whether by traumatic blow or weathered by  age......
Life cannot be forever denied

These new lines to the earth allow  
for the rooting, 
or for the bubbling forth
of living waters constrained

The heart's shell breaks, 
releasing the sweetness of grief
into beliefs unprepared
for the freedom of their death

Awakening might just happen 
as  easily as this morning's appearance
without ceaseless labor, anxieties of the mind
or trying to be good

In this unguarded Presence,
willing to meet the fearful unknown
vulnerable to it All.
We fall into the mud and find delight.

       - Steve Bollock