Rupert Spira - Every time I open my eyes

Every time
I open
my eyes
I invite
the world
to take shape
and every time
the world
takes shape
I am
invited to open
my eyes
and see
the world
raw
and naked
holding out
its hand
calling me
into itself
where I am
taken
into the transparency of things
and find myself
transparent there
standing on the edge
looking down
and in
to the dark silent pool
in which
the world
is cradled
and I am cradled
there
held
with all things
and hold
all things
in myself
myself
not a thing
in the world
but
this
here
seeing
in which
the world
opens
inviting
and offering itself
and every time
it is seen
it dies
and in dying
holds out its hand
again
asking
to be taken in
and every time
I take it in
I too die
and in dying
become
this
here
seeing
every time
I open
my eyes

 

 

 

Rupert Spira