Put it down

[Rootsie]

Put down anger.
It is an empty cup.
Put down trying
to puzzle it all through.
You’re not supposed to work at this-
what is true
is effortless.
Put down your armor-
it is worse than useless here.
What would you defend
against the Friend?
Lay down your heart.
It’s the trump card.
Fear has no place at this table.
You think in terms of cost
and benefit-
but no such analysis
avails you here.
Simply be willing
to remember
what you have always known.
and allow yourself to be shattered.
What is real will remain.
I accept.
I embrace the unknown.
I do not seek to draw conclusions
but allow creation to unfold.
I know that I do not know-
sadnesses come over me-
I accept.
Like storms they blow in
and out.
Someday they won’t.
You can’t fit the ocean through
a faucet, and then try to turn it off..
Nothing stops.
You can try to use words to pin it
but they’re all blown away
the next minute.