Buddha Nature

Dear ones lie still,
near and peaceful,

yet quiet has settled too deeply,
darkness persistent, final —

can these shallow breaths
be the full completion of Dogen;

sudden loneliness,
truly buddha nature;

restlessness,
realization;

misgiving,
it?
 

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