ANGELIC PROSE

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                                         Angelic Prose

Angels say

Be clear

As air or water

Transparent and yielding

Unattached to form

What is form?

But the shape

The mind takes

On its excursions

Into what it calls reality.

Enjoy the excursions

Do not become attached to the train.

Be simple, as angels

Angels arrive in the moment of need

And then vanish.

Allow thoughts to do the same.

You cannot keep a thought from arising

But you do not have to dress it up in clothes,

Because then it will want

To go out to dinner with you

Sleep next to you at night

And wake up with you in the morning

Even fatter.

Angels say

Why entertain unnecessary thoughts?

Tell them you have other guests,

And then make it so.

If you have time to think

Useless thoughts,

Especially of unworthiness,

You have too much time.

Plant a garden, clean windows,

Write a poem, smile at someone,

Solve an equation,

Swim in a waterfall.

The list is endless. 
So are thoughts.