Prepping

Know what I’m preparing for?

It’s that thing that comes to all

But it often comes without a knock

Or an, ‘...if I may, please’

And, yet, it’s always drawing closer

And closer and closer...

Remember, ‘black black coffin’s 10 miles away...

Black black coffin’s 5 miles away...

...there I got you’!

And get it surely does.

And so I’m preparing for it...not so much externally

As internally.

And I watch how I think and feel, respond

And act

And choose to laugh silently in joy

When something hurts my ego

For I know my ego is really not me or mine

Yet it pretends to be boss-man

And I watch how I look at ‘another’...

Until an unwanted part of me dissolves

For a few moments at the very least.

And I tolerate things I don’t like

For I know my examiner’s got his eyes on me

And I would like him to see I’m ready

Truly...

Yes, I’m preparing...inside...

- rajyogi