https://www.reddit.com/r/DharmaPoetry/comments/4d2sn4/the_laymans_lament_judith_collin/
created by sanghika on 02/04/2016 at 19:00 UTC
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Shame on you Shakyamuni for setting
the precedent
of leaving home.
Did you think it was not there –
in your wife's lovely face
or your baby's laughter?
Did you think you had to go elsewhere
to find it?
Tsk, tsk.
I am here to show you
dear sir
that you needn't step
even one sixteenth of an inch away – stay
here – elbows dripping with soapy water
stay here – spit up all over your chest
stay here – steam rising in lazy curls from
cream of wheat
Poor Shakyamuni – sitting under the Bo tree
miles away from home
Venus shone all the while
There's nothing here!