Fragment No. 1

Is he the light? Or does he reflect the light?

                              --Katha Upanishad

 

Confused? You should be. Every chance you get--

And you get so many chances--Do Not Interpret.

That was the garden we walked in, naming,

Calling. But now we’ve seen wisdom. We know.

You aren’t your name. I’m not my name. I’m That,

Like you. Shining wisdom strikes the heart, a blade

Of light—It kills me, of course, and I can’t

Do more than fall, and wait to wake in darkness.