Ascetic of Desire
I pray neither for
power nor glory
among men.
Riches nor fame
will satisfy
my ambitious heart.
Which perceived
momentarily
reality beyond dreams.
I pray only
for liberation
from this
mundane nightmare.
My awakened soul
no longer entertained
by ephemeral dreams.
Awake
in the shell
of an unconscious life.
I renounce inwardly
the cage of delusion
built by unconscious desires.
Imprisoned by dreams
I have become
an ascetic of desire.
Praying daily
for liberation
from causality’s
plodding inertia.
