Anapanasati

In the morning
Anapanasati
Take me down to
My own satipatthana
In the mid day
Metta and karuna
In the night time mudita
And uppekha
Tell me mama will you live forever
tell me father will you always be here
tell me lover are you really with me
Tell me sweet child that I have nothing to fear

I don’t know what I want to say on this
maybe I’ll pray on this
may I be a doctor and medicine for the sick
may I help the people navigate when they takin a trip
may I be a light in the shadows so they can see
may I help them to remember that they are already free
what's a flight without some turbulence
maybe it’s all designed to point the heart to what its purpose is

In the morning
Anapanasati
Won’t you take me
To my satipatthana
In the mid day
Metta and karuna
In the night time mudita
And uppekha
Tell me, mama, will you live forever
tell me father will you always be here,
tell me lover are you really with me
Tell me sweet child that I have nothing to fear

A cloud never perishes
when you see the rainfall
you can feel the evidence
a cloud never perishes
when you see the frozen lake
you can feel the evidence
A cloud never perishes
river to the ocean.
You can feel the evidence
a cloud never perishes
When you see my tears fall
you can see forever then

In the morning
Anapanasati
Take me down to
My own satipatthana
In the mid day
Metta and karuna
In the night time mudita
And uppekha
Tell me, mama, will you live forever
tell me father will you always be here,
tell me lover are you really with me
Tell me sweet child that I have nothing to fear

I can’t be mad at my fate
a sink full of dishes means my family ate
Margielas in the grocery
Oatmeal and cherry preserves
My mind is the verse
Shadow self
That’s the reverb
How do I deal with these waves of emotions
combined with the joy and the pain of devotion
Before I was born and my name wasn’t spoken -
I still existed as frameless and open
I’m just reading the sutra seeking
the teachings of Buddha
Natural fever reducer
drinking Kavita kombucha
A black Buddhist Johnny Cash
Yeah you call me that
spiritual army brat
I used to dream of suicide,
but I learned to have compassion
for the person that I saw when I looked inside
I used to dream of suicide,
but I learned to have compassion
for the person that I saw when I looked inside

In the morning
Anapanasati
Take me down to
My own satipatthana
In the mid day
Metta and karuna
In the night time mudita
And uppekha