Foundation Poem by Brian Taylor

The great Foundation on which all things rest
is soon lost sight of, soon forgot,
fails to hold man’s interest
as entanglements lead to great confusion
(due to the power of the great Illusion):
until he cannot see what is real
and what is not.

A slight vibration in the ear
Makes the whole wide world appear
With laugh and shout, wind and rain,
Grief and heartache, joy and pain
Singing along a thin membrane.
Machines and sermons – all are here
In the slight vibration of the human ear.

Disconnect the electronic train
Which links it to the human brain.
A sudden silence fills the head.
The mind feeds on itself instead.
A thousand voices it can hear
Can cause a myriad images appear.

Let go. Let go. Let go.
Let go what’s in and what’s outside
And seek not for another place to hide.
The silent stillness waits like a drawn arrow
To leap into the void and space.
A raindrop falls into the sea
(Losing of moisture not a trace)
But finding out at last how, finally, to Be.