Adventures in Alishan pt.IV
Today was my Last Day
And it wasn't so much a day as a Morning
Or rather an hour of Sun Dawning
As I Waited for the bus
I Felt like Something had been sussed
What, I didn't yet Know but I was utterly unfussed
By anything at All
No Inner raging squalls
No considering anything Long Haul
Just a Deep Deep Peace
And of course a small snack like feast
I ate along with some coffee
As I Gazed at some hillside bothies
Well actually they were Mountain houses , looking a bit slanted
Perhaps I was thinking of Scotland and Being romantic
Anyways, Here's the bus Noo
And on I jump, no need to Queue
And around We Go
Back down the Mountain slow
At least It Felt slow to Me
As I was Relaxed as the 1000 Year old Tree
I had happened to Meet
As I wandered Through The Forest streets
And Now I may as well have Still been There
For In The World I had no Cares
Maybe It was All the Fresh Mountain Air
Or Energies from The Daoist lair
Maybe cause my back wisny sair
Ah but Here's a Twinge in my Old stiff jaw there
Well I'm too Relaxed to anything
Ah but It's just Firing
Up on it's own
And it did Feel It was on Fire
As the Pain Began to Expire
Oh great so Now It's Gone
And I can Enjoy The Journey which I hope Goes on and On
For so so Long
As I Am just so Entirely chilled
And also at The Same time utterly thrilled
By All The Beautiful rolling Nature scenes
It's like Somebody has Pulled back a Screen
And Now I just Feel so Serene
Have I Known such a Thing before?
As What?
As like having Gone to Explore
And Opening a kind of Door
And having This Feeling of an Inner Core
And having Nothing Feeling sore
And not Feeling like wanting Anything anymore
Huh....
And so after a minute, or four hours or a week or a year
I again Began to Hear
The Sounds of a busy Life
As into the city Again We did Ride
And yet there was a kind of Background Quiet
Beneath The Outer worldly riot
And as I Gazed at the Endless carparks
I Felt an Inspiring little Spark
Of I could do So Many things
It doesn't have to be just working
I'm not Tied down to a place
I could Travel The World and Show It My Face
Hmmmmm.....
I got out into The Train Station
And slipped into a Gentle pacin'
All the while other folks were racin'
Striding fast
Trains Flying Past
Coming and Going
But there's Something That Lasts
And as my Foot Stepped onto The Ground
It had a Silent Heavy Feeling of "Pound"
And I Looked around
Quite at Ease
Here's The Train, This Way please
And I sat on my seat
And began to think about work
But like a Water-gun squirt
It shot out in The Air
And simply just Dissolved there
However as The Train Returned me Home
Something Moved like a dog with a bone
Gnawing Away
And I'm Afraid to say
It didn't Stop
And went on to Blow It's Top
Perhaps this thing called Ego Mind having a strop
And I assumed the posture of a person Deeply Paranoid
With a great Urge to Avoid
EVERYONE
It was not fun
And off The Train I get to take myself for a run
And jump on my bike I did flee
As a Panic took a hold of me
It was a Growing Inner Shout
And it Appeared to be Freaking the fuck out
But I made it to the Safety zone
In my room, Home alone
And then I Felt much more Calmer
I looked at the brick Wall in the manner
Of One Who has quite Lost Their Mind
And as I Felt The Light of The Divine
It Came to Me That I Knew
The Universe Loves Me and It Loves You too
And well of course I simply had to Cry
With This Information with which I was Supplied
And It was Good and It was Right
As I had already had So Many Dark Nights
And then I took myself off to bed
And Wondered What was in store for Me next?
After I Returned to work
There were some little Inner quirks
Like that water-gun squirt
But Nothing stuck, it didn't hurt
Anger came and then it burst
And sometimes it zipped by, a little stress
Like a fleeing cockroach or other household pest
But Deep Within I Felt Blessed
And little reaction, and I was Less
And Inside was a Vibrating Humming
As I Watched the Children Playing and Running
