Life’s Greatest Gift — Writings Of A Gentle Old Man
A Poem by Señor Tao
What keeps me alive is found between the images, between the words, between thought, the emptiness of feeling, and in the emptiness of the body…there arises the fullness and significance of life…
I have received so many gifts,
appearing as presents from you.
The still, shadowy, vapor filled clouds
you always loved to watch-
Their hearts are now fragments of your soul.
The songs of the ocean, gull and red tail,
each contains your warm voice.
The rock you loved to hold,
now embraces you between
its seven distinct layers.
Within this breath-
O’ this sweet touch of air,
That rushes in, to fill me with life-
Is the greatest gift of all.
It is you, alive, inside of me.
🌹With love and in memory of Kathleen Sherrill (August 30, 1933 — June 29, 2003)
Originally published at https://gentleoldman.com on June 29, 2024.
