The Journey

The journey may be completed in a day

From sunrise to sunset if we’re determined not to stay

With the mind, which wanders from the light

It is interested in a darker sight

Enlightenment isn’t a dispensation

Or a rare and fanciful citation

It’s in every sunrise and sunset

Each has freedom without debt

In the rising of awareness, there’s setting of ignorance

There is a faint recollection, of a resemblance

To a bridge, it’s easier to cross during the day’s light

Everyone’s welcome, even those who can’t read or write

Before the horizon lands the sun

Our journey must be over and done

The next sunrise is reserved for another

And we wake up to the mind, our dear brother