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Bodhi

In darkness
a candle shivered,
then extinguished
under the jewels
of his whispers;

from lungs came
dharma, spelled out
in meditation
and truth.

Two souls sat-
mine and buddha,
cross-legged and

eyes dilated
with reality,
which hanged from
a meager tree in
bitter liberation:

this I witnessed and
awoke to, a
creature of the sangha.

It seemed our spirits
trembled together
in the calm breath
of pre-dawn pitch

when, like the skin
of an apple we
came undone and
peeled into the blanks
of Nirvana.

Author notes

[oltre 20/100, Buddha]

The three jewels- foundations for Buddhism:
1. Buddha- those who have awakened from the sleep of ignorance
2. Dharma- the teachings of Buddhism
3. Sangha- the community of those who practice meditation