DUTY

Deciding to no longer pack and unpack...
I burned the luggage...
Bags no longer needed...
I traveled lightly...
Besides--bugs and pests harbor in bags...
And while trekking through swamp...
And navigating through sepulchered caves...
One cannot afford to be weighted down...
The pomp of leeches and demons can jade a man...
And with a flickering candle...
The fire must be held with diligence...
Intelligence of the heart as the shepherd, rod and staff...
The light that is sought...
It cometh not with sight...
And being at variance with all things...
He boldly goes where none have gone...
An ascetic of sorts...
He eats only what falleth in his palm...
And nourished mainly by the wind of his mother's hair...
He sings with sweet tears of all beings...
Carrying the sacrifice...
He marches fearlessly into the fray...
And while knowing the Supreme Self...
He leaves behind life and death...
It is for those that seek to understand that...
Following no footprints...
The sound of his drum...
Once abandoned...
Tis no longer far away...
Fully receptive to the grace...
His back-up light brought to the fore...
He made a friend in Duty...


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