Arahant

Many among us want 
To be an Arahant 
Without quite knowing
Method of seeking
As a caterpillar 
A plodding leaf feeler
Who wishes to fly
Like a butterfly 
Which it will if it waits
In stillness sedate
Likewise
If we are wise
Attaining purity-peace-bliss
Wherein nothing is amiss
Requires neither doing nor seeking
Only becoming by blossoming
By inwardly turned sentience 
In time dissolved patience
Yet to fast forward
We shift attention inwards
Looking at layers of resistance 
In childlike innocence 
Playfully disassociating 
From narrow ego cravings
Marking them as of foreign origin
A far cry from our purity sanguine
And thus standing still
Allowing the divine to do its will
Free of want
We become an Arahant

In stillness
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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