12

We see with our eyes
Not our hands

We taste with our mouths
Not our eyes

We fill our stomachs
Not our minds

Your mind cannot be filled
Only unsettled and blocked

Hands will grasp
Eyes will desire
Stomachs will hunger

Fill the stomach
tend to the body

Smile at your desires
Let them pass in and out of view

Never grasp
Settle the mind

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12 is published in 81, Poems from the Tao. Click on any images below for more information or to further explore my writing.