Clean as a Whistle

with Four Great Affects

This one is simple, without much meter and with an end rhyme. I’m not sure this is the right place to distribute this, but I hope it feels nice in your ears, easy on your eyes, and warm in your heart.

clean as a whistle
hopeful as a dove
flight in the mind
breadth in one’s love

ethics matching morals
eyes matching view
resting in nature
values in action do

avoiding harsh harm
connecting with benefit
training this mind
on the path’s middle to sit

dawn on the moment
absorb each sun ray
feel what flows inside
let freedom stay

such ease is a gift
free rain from the sky
shared evenly amongst all
awareness doesn’t die

it pervades all space
as water does the sea
may all beings awaken
to each other’s constancy

reliable not 
in the daily grind
nor trustworthy 
to always be kind

but fully alive 
chasing the dream
all of us do want relief 
from tightening inner steam

freedom from cycling
from repetitive strife
habits of becoming
in a trunk splinters rife

anchors that hold
also do drown
pull us breathlessly
further deep down

moments of joy
compassionate care
even-ness seen
and kindness shared

these four are the end 
as well as the means
fruit on the road
pick them up like beans

may we all 
rest and refresh
wind in the willows
love in the chest

rising up 
to match our minds
care as our guide 
to seek what we find

thank you ocean 
waves cresting
playing as wisdom
nature’s kind resting