You Are Not On Earth

You are

not on earth

to change this dream.
You are here

to awaken.

Your first step contains

all the others.
A pilgrim arrives before the journey begins.

This body isn't a guesthouse

but a sanctuary
at the end 

of every breath.

Your bones are corridors

leading to heavenly places

deep in the valley

beneath your heart.
Rest where you are.
Perfect asanas arise

from the spin of an atom

whose momentum 

is the Mother.
Why all this effort, friend?

Stars entangled in the shining blackness 

of your hair effuse the scent of midnight jasmine.

Are you not

the silent radiance

you’ve been praying to?

Photo: by Wanderloom