Song to the Goddess of Awakening

Full Moon Saturday, October 28

In this moment

together — alone

embodied

in this space and light-filled body

awaken my appreciation

a wish for my life to lived

in service of the heartbreak passage

by which we aim to put a name on

all the world’s beauties

as they crest bright and float away.

Poem by Qayyum Johnson

Painting by Suiko McCall. This Space and Light-filled Body, 2023. Acrylic ink on Yupo, 23×20″. Print available on suiko.art. The original will be on view at San Francisco Zen Center November 27 to December 21.