Evening

What is the great evening sacrifice? Not to offer wine and doves, not to offer flowers and coconuts, or a thousand meritorious deeds; but simply, for one sunset moment, to give up every effort to be someone better, someone else, and take a Sabbath rest as who you Are. Your spine a wick. Your breath a flame. Free from hope and regret, you ignite the stars.


Photo: Kwan Yin over my fireplace