Get Out Of This Burning House

This House Is Burning Down 

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He wished to grow into a tree
Give others shade
Respite and renewal 
From samsara's setting sun

He cycled and cycled
Since beginningless time
Weary disgusted with life
Finding no lasting happiness 

Wanted to stop this charade
Ending is always the same
He hugged the Tree of Life
Winds of suffering blew by

Remember little boy in the sun
By the pool in summer
Lying on hot concrete 
Jumping into the cold water

Pools of celestial water
Birds singing Dharms
When last breath departs 
Tree will finally blossom
Beyond great western 
Setting sun

Life goes up and down
Get out of the way
Nothing to catch
Time to strike a match

Burn down this old boat
It can't sail beneath starless skies
Get out of this burning house
Time is running out

There is no escape
Some journeys once begun
You cannot turn back
No matter how hard you try

Space and time prison guards
Sentence has been served
Breaking out of hopelessness 
Strait on into the sun

Burning up past to ashes
Strait on into the sun
What remains of life
Borrowed time

Tree reaches up to the sun
Letting go it is lifted up
One last time, one last breath
Fleeting life burned away 

There is a seed 
Which can't be destroyed 
It grows into the tree
Lord Buddha sat beneath

Even indarkest night
There is a path
Can be seen 
With inner light

Follow that still flame
Into samaras dark night
Wake up no need to fight
Awakening to this precious 
Human life

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Written by David Arndt 2021

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Image Rajeeb Shrestha

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