The Light Within

Do not seek immortality, but life's nectar drink deep

Savor each moment before time's doors close to sleep

For this worldTransient blossom yet profoundly mystifying

Gift to immerse in, not eternally grasping or fleeing

Let go thoughts of cheating death, transcending decay

Make peace with your humanity, fleeting as dew at dawn's first ray

Seek not endless tomorrows, but meaning in today

Finding revelation not in staying, but in passing away

Be present here and now, wake before life flows downstream

Witness each sense, glorious breath as a miracle shining, gleaming

Do not yearn for more days, but dive deep in the current scene

For time is but illusion, ephemeral and dreamlike in seeming

Do not dread dying's wave, but let go conscious and grateful

Having wrung joy from sorrow, tamed hatred with love faithful

Leave gentle ripples behind, effects purposeful and artful

That in others compassion stirs, service and living mindful

We honor mornings by reveling in their glow til evening nears

The sun's bright arc automobile not by grasping, but mindfulness sheers

The rose is fairest when fully bloomed, not clinging to youth half-opened in fears

Time turns most nectar when boldly lived, not immune from life's churning gears

Preserve not the self, but give your gifts like leaves feeding soil

Nourish others' roots that they too may reach light, their hearts unroll

Not immortal were you meant to be, but fertilizer for the next season's unfurl

Your life but one thread in tapestry grander, spirit immortal, form temporal

So breathe deep of temporariness, life's fleeting span profound

Make the most of your mutable days, love's Revelation abound

Seek not to perpetual remain, but wring wisdom from changes, as seasons embound

Given this precious lifetime, wake - before you return to holy ground

For living is the greatest grace, not longevity untested

Taking the journey, not prolonging the road travelled West

Seeing in wilting, ripening, falling, how all lives are blessed

Being completely present, time's flow means naught when wholly divested

Do not wish for more days under the sun, but engage passionately

While breath still stirs, strive courageously, give unceasingly

Savor this ephemeral gift, life's shimmering rainbow mystery

Time slips away, impermanent - yet all we need to fulfill destiny