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On The Tao

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I was going through some old boxes and came across this poem I wrote about 10 years ago. I like it still.

 

 

ON THE TAO

 

 

Words, ideas without structure,

without form

planted a seed in my heart, ever growing.

 

My soul now a butterfly

it comes back and alights softly on the Tao-bubble

gathering nectar and needed repose

for its next adventure.

 

Gentle words and parable

attempt expression of that which cannot be expressed.

Endless possibility as a destination,

it demonstrates to me

The Something of Nothing.

 

The most perfect painting is a blank canvas,

the most haunting melody

the moment of silence when

the conductor first raises his baton.

 

 

Barbara Ortega

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