Kashyapa’s Smile

I have learned to bear the reflection
of myself in your eyes, for in them
I see my own self disappear.

What remains of me is
what’s most true of me – love —
and in this way I am here for you,
for nothing else is ever true but love.

Your divine reflection,
the solar smile of only love,
appears in time to consume itself
in the blaze of its own perfect radiance,
and thus we are the glad kindling
of love’s bonfire — its searing
heat and glory shine.

We do not resist this.
We are this.

Love.

What else can we do?

We are the love
in each other’s eyes,
and so we are what sees.

What looks out looks in,
it’s the way it’s always been.

I see your infinite love,
in the same way you see me.

I say love, and yet
it is not a word or view.

If you say, “a smile”,
this much may be true,
true enough for Kashyapa who,
watching Buddha lift a flower,
couldn’t stop smiling too!