waking up

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in the monotony
of daily routines

it’s easy to forget
that life in human form

is short
and uncertain

what will matter
in a hundred years?

letting the seasons be
as they are takes courage

may the mind free itself
of misperceptions

and look with compassion
upon its current limitations

unconcerned with the faults
of others, it turns towards
the inner art of waking up