Milarepa
under a leaf
sheltered—

himself and a friend
from the rain,
the leaf no bigger
and they no smaller
still they sheltered
beneath one leaf

2.
the leaf
a word
sheltered
them from the rain,
from the seeming

3.
to dwell in
o twist
the story:
in the seeming
they sheltered
from the seeming—

miracle of Milarepa,
the mind large
enough to shelter under,

the radiant seemingless
safe beneath all seeming.

21 September 2020