what does Jack know?

Jack knows Jack

what do I know?

I don’t know Jack

I’ve been on a journey

or two

have I been a leader?

a follower mostly and

where has it taken me

to?

I’ve done some things

or three

have I been a planner?

a helper mostly and

where has it gotten me

see?

I’ve climbed a mountain

or ten

have I been the first?

the last mostly and

where did I end up

then?

here—

awake

at the top

and I’m still empty

but I’ll keep climbing

I am the universal being

balance, harmony and

truth?

the natural order of things

inside me— never far

a lighted man in kind

with Zen in hand and mind

“the way that things really are”       (Tib. Cho)

I know

I have realized— and

I always try to dharma my karma

but I still don’t know Jack