sacred waters within

have you been to the sacred river?
have you bathed in it
as a wandering monk?
have you put your head in the water
to be purified?
and touched the feet of the holy sage
and shaved your head
and wandered naked in the forests and hills
and felt the earth hard under your feet
as a blessing of spirit?
have you sat in the caves where all is quiet
and of the earth cold and bare?
have you placed your shoes on the ghats
and walked into the waters that rush in vigor
so powerful as to be felt deeply within?
have you met the sage on the banks
where he sits on the stairs?
he is the one that is the far seer
he is not of the world and it's false ways
he sits on the bank
where he is like a beautiful seer
that knows all
and knows nothing
he is the one that is deathless
he is the one that is shanti
he is the one that is free
he stays pure as the lotus above the mud
as the water rushes with flowers of devotion
that float by
the seeker walks into the waters naked
and in this way he is purified
he is purified in truth
he is like the sage in beauty
because he has come to the waters
to be drowned in love and light
like the sage
he is the same now
he knows this well
as he is what the heart is
full and undying

have you come to the sacred river
to be lifted out of the mind shell?
to be purified as love?
to be like shiva nature?
where he resides on the mountain top
in deep meditative still being
where he is not touched by any change
no matter how good or bad
for he lives like a king of himself
like a king that resides in deep beauty
he lives like a filled vessel of truth
he lives like the mind made pure
he lives as timeless reality
have you come to be like him?
have you come to the edge of your world
and kept going
into the heart where all is in quiet,
gentle flow like shiva?