The Event

I speak up
Shake it up
Struggle to believe
This is not disrupting unity -

This is disrupting the supposition that unity can be coerced.
No one can train me now.

But, so naturally,
They can be themselves!
Great functions return me
To a core struggle,
To believe.

I want to win against the 'dividing heart' -
this attachment to difference -
This rubbish like plastic bags in a tree
Pampers at the shoreline

I want to establish that clear moon in morning skies,
A rain of yellow leaves,
My mentor's joy - dancing in the flight of birds
These notes, these keys.

I want to establish this eternal vow
This mission that is mine alone.
Unity with my Self
Same breathing rhythm
As Sensei.

I will reply;
Exactly as I am
Tomorrow.
Today.

-Bethany Wild-