Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Venerable Stupas of the East

 

All the stupas scattered across mountains

and along far-flung paths are formed into bells

Heaven would have dropped in front of us

if it could—to round and harmonize

man’s heart with empyreal sound.

 

A drop of Heaven, gliding down

or waiting, suspended, until

the one intended comes at last

to be gathered in compassion

where an eye meets a divine eye.

 

And so the question always remains,

the question every stupa asks:

by what steps does Heaven

let us enter such a spirit’s heart?

 

 

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