Leader

The best leader
has no opinion, no party,
and offers no policy at all.
A policy is just an imitation
of what love will do
when the moment arrives.
Does the dragonfly know
how it will land
on a trembling reed?
When others speak of a crisis
she responds gently,
then moves on
like a cloud on the mountain.
She is not of the left,
the right, or the center.
She surrounds a problem
from all sides
with pure consciousness
and it is not a problem.
She does not pretend to know
what is correct and incorrect,
for being right
only stops the current of life.
Creation pulses
from the heart of uncertainty.
Therefore she is an example,
not a lawgiver.
When others are inspired,
they do the work.
She rests in gratitude
and overflows with power.
Listening is silence is compassion.
The nation that puts this
into practice
needs no government.
What is her goal?
To dissolve the end
into the beginning
with every step.
Where does rain go
after it rains?
Ever disappearing
into the soil, the leaves,
the sky.