There All Along
Lives inside
breath inseparable
from breath.
Woke to rattling
sky then hail
on the roof.
Exquisite
knowledge
without content
fragrant,
inexhaustible,
a taste,
complete, all
I ever wanted; child
of nothing but
its own
heartbeat.
Richard Cronshey has published four books of poems. After much wandering, he now lives in Utah with his two children Rosie and Samadhi and works as a Hospice Chaplain. He is a long time student of Tibetan Buddhism. His book of poems, The Snow and the Snow, was recently issued as an ebook from Otis Nebula Press.
Images by Elfie Hintington courtesy of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
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