Sitting in meditation
Trying to achieve enlightenment
(Trying being the problem)
Fumbling in the dark for the spiritual lightswitch
Frustrated with the desire for bliss
Smiling wryly at the futility of desire
The Buddha warned us about
The final irony being
The quest for not wanting to want
Not wanting just another desire
More pain and disappointment
In the quest for what can’t be realized
Until the now of forever
Silences the endless craving
Until the next breath and the next and the next
Hoping the thoughts will leave me
Alone to the nothingness of everything
Now just faint background music
In my elevator
Stuck in the basement still
Wanting a higher floor