Friday, June 18, 2010

The Sayings - Stop!

The Sayings of Chen Jen

Number Twenty-Nine
Stop!
Read this book no more!
There is nothing here for you.

For myself I write
and I alone can hear
its beating heart.

What is it to you?
Words profound or shallow?
Pretentious or sublime?
Poetry good or bad?
It’s all the same to me.

The point is in the being.
You miss the point,
so go away,
and be what you would be.

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