Altered Ambitions
There was a time
I desired beauty
but slowly this body aged
After that
I hankered for wealth
only to see how quickly
money passes away
Later
I aspired for wisdom
but soon recognised
foolishness as my fate
Now
I desire
not to desire
and simply ob
serve what passes
breath by breath
the emptiness of space
manifests again & again –
death be /
tween life bet /
ween d /
eath
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Copyright (c) 1994, 2011 by
T Newfields
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