Finding Sukha

 Drsta Dharma Sukha Virharin

I sit myself down on this cushion 

awkwardly  situated  

between the background of  a soothing emptiness 

and a world that dances like intoxicated fireflies in front of me, 

a world that drags my eyes up and down and all around. 

I close these hyper orbs of  unclear vision 

and breathe in deeply,  

searching as I do for that promised ease,  

for a peace so settling 

it will allow me to slip beneath this cover 

to the here and now;

seeking  that which will permit this busy human I call "me"

 to rest a weary mind that so needs 

the silence and stillness the eternal moment offers. 

I breathe out, 

releasing the accumulated knots of  tension 

brought on by the busyness of repressed and suppressed living.  

My body and mind settle into the breath 

as if it were a comforting hammock on a sunny July afternoon 

and I find the sukha  I have been looking for.... 

in this place  where it has always been.

 c Dale-Lyn, March 3, 2021