Cusp

Thumbs up or thumbs down?

I’ll know very soon.

Then the rest of my future 

will fall into place, stay on 

or get off the merry go round.

Everyone will see this day.

The sidewalk is still solid

under my butt, 

at least for now.

Sometimes you wonder if

any of it’s real.

Did we really have past lives?

Did we really live this one?

Ask Mike Tyson what he thinks

of his belts.

I guess winning the Olympics 

wasn’t enough for Bruce Jenner.

Do you think they had a moment when

they thought: “What have I done?”

Karma will judge, 

cause and effect, simply that.

One thing leads to another.

That’s how we got where we are.

You can change it all if you 

have the time and the will.

Milarepa killed dozens of his relatives,

yet he still got enlightened.

Of course, he had to spend most of his

life in a cave.

He wanted it pretty bad.

I spent my life on the Buddhist path.

I know the words and some of the sense.

My karma is like a runaway freight train 

that won’t stop ‘till it runs out of track.

I’m just along for the ride.