In every mouthful of food
in every look of love,
in every chiding, every making up:
this sometimes bay of tranquillity,
a harbour to which I return.
helter-skelter
from all the storms and squalls of life

This goddess, now,  sails away 
as we traverse the wild seas of experience.
Tibetan Buddhism, Dharmakaya,
the ultimate nature of the fully enlightened mind,

A union of pure appearance and emptiness
Leaves me cold. I’d rather make do and mend,.
Not to seek my friend again.
How narrow our time together -   a blessing?

It allows me to be who I am – unsure, sceptical
a late flowering 
yet wanting so much for the purpose of life
not to be found in the grave nor in any endless cycle
of reincarnation: for I am what I am and can be no other.

Others can question this acceptance. I cannot,.
I have no specific wish to pursue
except to live as fully as I can
to follow the way of the cloud
drifting towards that far horizon..

V