Lotus of My Heart
The Wheel
is always turning.
The wheel of consequence —
The wheel of liberation —
The wheel in one’s chest
trying to find its place in the machinery of the world —
It can take you anywhere, this wheel,
all roads are open to it,
the dark roads of consequence —
the bright roads into the spacious sky —
The wheel is always turning,
headed somewhere,
taking the long way,
the short way,
trying to get somewhere,
trying to find its center,
going around in circles trying to get back to the beginning,
the eyes of the spokes turned outward,
looking, searching,
emerging like rays of light
from a point of stillness,
a beginning they cannot see,
the beginning the path will never arrive at
the beginning that was never left behind —
but it is only the path,
only the turning,
that can finally reveal
the one thing that has never changed,
the place where all journeys begin and end.
Dec 27, 2020
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Copyright © Jack Webster | Year Posted 2020
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