Why I Meditate

Why I Meditate

            with a bow to Allen Ginsberg

I sit because my Soul wants me to remember

I sit because my Muse wants me to imagine

I sit because baby girls get clitorectomies

I sit because then I can feel what came before my ego

I sit because I drink too much

I sit because it is easier than standing up

I sit to honor the source of being

I sit so that others will learn the power of mindfulness

I sit because I am aimless and distracted if I don’t

I sit because of genocide, hatred, oppression, confusion and fear

I sit because I need connection to All

I sit to experience silence, emptiness and spaciousness

I sit because it quells the white hot fear in the middle of the night

I sit because I am too old for cocaine, mushrooms and LSD

I sit to breathe in the pain and suffering of all, and to breathe out well-being and love

I sit for the spider, the snail, the cactus, the lotus, the dolphin, the dog

I sit for the transformation of the consciousness of the world