Prabha Prakash writes

Don’t seek answers.

 

Only disappointment will answer you

.

Nor seek shoulders to lean permanently on -

 

They’ll only tremble and shake when it aches.

 

Instead, grit your teeth,

 

Swallow that blob; yes! that bitter dark globule of

helplessness;

 

Let it flow down your throat;

 

Let it plunge itself into the crimson flow of your blood;

 

Let it dissolve and dissipate as tiny particles in your arteries;

 

Let it transform;

 

And let it come back to you as sweat, as tears, and as fresh bursts of breath,

 

As you exhale,

 

And heave a sigh of relief;

 

Letting it out,

 

Once for all.

 

The Self Reliance -- Shapeless C