The Dragon Knew
Over the crumbling city and the death cries
of those lost beneath it,
the throne so many longed for,
killed for,
died for
is destroyed by one fiery breath
One thousand sought after swords
forged by the same fire,
now melted into ashes
by the grieving roar of a beast
who understood what Lord Krishna and the Buddha knew:
Desire...being attached to the fruit of action...
is the root of all human suffering...
Put down your swords,
your useless titles and claims,
learn what the dragon knew,
and like a flake of Snow
returning to an endless winter,
merge with the Life you are.
Me
(This is not what I meant by great art lol. It just came out.)
We just finished binging Game of Thrones...the first six seasons we seen years ago but the last two were new to us. So we went back and started at the beginning. We binged, I mean, we binged, drawn to every episode like a heroin addict is drawn to their drug. It obsessed us. That is what great storytelling does.
What an amazing mind Martin has...what talent. He was able to depict the human tendency, the human drama so well even if his genre was fantasy. And the producers, who took this epic tale and brought it to film in a way that drew the audience in like it did, were brilliant as well.
How lucky we are as humans to have this type of entertainment, to have art, literature, drama etc to enjoy, express, learn from and distract with . (Well binging the way we did may be a bit too much distracting lol)
There is an essence in great art that goes way beyond the mind. It must be a gift from a higher source to enhance our journeys here. Those that create it are blessed with something that comes from a deeper place than psyche. I truly believe that.
There are messages and life lessons hidden in all of it, as well. If we look hard enough, we will find it.
All is well.
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