...............as a traveller with body on loan

Journeys when walked with ignorance as companion,

are adventurous but loyal to serving self.

under banner of love, and pretence of martyr

through ignorance we come together,

to confirm we are apart.

In response I reflect on this question

If this body does not contain "I"

in its limbs or hands or organs or feet,

then who am "I" to claim its mine

and who should i complain to when its dead!

In conclusion, as a traveller with body on loan

why wouldn't i loan it to others?

In joy, in pleasure, in communion and feast

and for all that cannot be tamed by the word love.

If this body was taken without request

could i serve compassionately then?

What distances can i walk, with the present as companion,

into darkness and into light?

Fear effortlessly follows in footsteps serving self

Love beckons forth the bravest! 

Both merge into a dance of experiences.

Let this journey be always for others

may this body be used with grace

may surrender be in every moment

and this prayer find its way back to source