ye tang che.

some days i just want something to last.
i want to look into the eyes of a lover, or the eyes of a friend,
and know.
they will always be there.
i want to stop time for a minute.
i want to not feel the slight vertigo of a perpetually spinning
earth beneath my feet.
i want to be still and quiet and infinite
inside the earthly shell of this dirt-and-spittle fashioned body.
and then i remember.

the beauty.
the compassion.
the birth of wisdom.
comes out of the uncertainty.
out of the brokenness.
out of abandoning hope.
and welcoming with an open heart
whatever
arises along the path.