Especially for Raghu

[Guest guest]

I awoke the other day to find a package at my doorstep.

 

The label said, " KHEYALA DEATH "

 

I was so frightened,

I shut the door.

 

I struggled in vain to figure out what to do,

and every conceivable option coming up empty

I tried to go on as if it wasn't there.

 

But I could not forget.

 

 

Finally, when I could bear the weight of its presence no longer,

I opened the door

got down on my knees

in tears and empty of all hope

 

I opened the package in utter resignation

only to find.......nothing!

 

Emptiness meeting Emptiness.

 

The Gift of a lifetime.

 

Sublime.

 

Ever Alive,

giving and receiving Itself

 

In wonder.