A Joy

there can be
such a sweetness
to the experience
of this life even
as it shifts and goes away
even in its absence
it comes again

time is tumbling
sands
the wellspring
always gushing forth
bottomless change
the bird of the heart
sings

the moon of the mind
rises in full splendor
a dark and cloudless sky
laden with stars
luxuriating like the wild growth
of love

it's all a flower
and suffering goes out the window
the different colors
of leaves
the sunlight soft
as rain