el camino

*el camino translated to english means “The Way” – more than a vehicle.

EL CAMINO

Out in the wilds

in my rusted 1969 El Camino

pulled off the side of a desert road

the only light

a cigarettes glowing ember end

the stars my only friends

“Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room”

on the radio

quiet like

listening outside to inside conversations

yet here I am alone

staring off into the night at

a glow

far off on the horizon

the site of an alien invasion?

just another boring city

that never sleeps

I decide to NOT “go toward the light”

comfortable under the shadowy blanket of night

resting in my inspired darkness

sitting in the bed of

El Camino

… on… wisdom….

“We may ask, ‘What is wisdom?’  It is our life itself.  
We not only have that wisdom, we are constantly using it.  
When we are cold, we put on more clothing.  
When hungry, we eat. When sad, we cry.  
Being happy, we laugh.  That’s wisdom.
The seasons change, the stars shine in the sky, it’s all wisdom.  
Regardless of whether we realize it or not,
we are always in the middle of the Way.  
We are nothing but the Way itself.”

~ Taizan Maezumi

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