One Desire

One Desire

You do not have to be positive,
You do not have to massage
mountains of kale,
chanting mantras
of monks in grey robes.
You only have to let
the heart’s intelligence
call out directions.

Tell me about sorrow, yours
and I will speak of mine.

You do not have to memorize
the 99 attributes of top-tier saints,
hear psychics prophesize
your rise after the fall.
You only have to let
a single squelched truth
roll to the fore,  
untangle the yarn of yearning
yield
to the soul’s
ascending appetite
for astonishment.  

You only have to trust
the purity and power
of your one desire.