Poem for Venerable Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche

After You Left Us  (For VCTR)

It didn't seem possible

that we had to wake up

 in the Matrix  world

without you…you warned

us, gave us instructions,

and you were right.

And you left us with every

bit as much chaos and

uncertainty as when 

you were alive…how kind!

You got into our bones,

branded our minds in adhisthana...

you opened our third eye, 

and it hurt…but…how kind!

Your life was solid rocket fuel,

and, once you were lit,

there was no stopping you.

Yes, you are gone…

but, what would we 

have done without you?