Empty Head Poem by Zyw Zywa

Empty Head



Yóu have a head, with everything:
cheeks, chin, and ears, nose and
eyes that determine your position

That head of yours is full:
there is a tongue in it, with teeth
and a lot of brains, but

I don't have that myself

I am not that myself

When I think of the inside
of my skull, there is nothing:
a void

And when I concentrate on it
I just have no thoughts
as if I am completely at ease

not something, just space
an observing spirit
to whom the world appears

Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: body,together
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
• 'Headless' is an insight that Douglas Harding (Lowestoft 1909-2007) received in 1943• 'On Having No Head. Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious' (1961, Douglas Harding) ; Collection 'Lilith's Powers' #108
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