Zen

zɛn

noun – a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship or study of scriptures.

i can’t hear silence

i can't hear silence 
but i can listen to it 
in pregnant darkness

at my happiest
i do not break my back to
strive for happiness

what word would they speak
if i could hear ten thousand
voices all at once

pay close attention
and listen to the river
with a quiet heart

this raw turbulence
i match with the calmness i
cultivate within

i am dispossessed
in order to make room for
the gift of myself

kick down from the light
and all i hear is silence
as the world recedes

enlightenment lives
in the space between my thoughts
mere infinity