on lao tzu ch. 14

EMPTY US

sometimes we creep to the

edge of the void, lean way

over, squint our eyes, and

see nothing.

so we close our eyes and

just listen for some clues,

yet hear nothing.

so we reach way over the

edge, stretch out our arms,

but find nothing to grasp.

that is how we learn to

stand, to turn and to walk

our paths through this

transitory life;

neither seeing, nor hearing,

nor in possession of our own

emptiness.

- don brennan Tao Ch. 13