The Chinese believe
in a thin red thread
that connects everyone
to everyone else
they are destined to meet.
I don’t know that I
believe in the thread,
but I do believe in luck.
Red luck, green luck,
transparent luck. But
if there is a thread
that I followed to you,
I hope we are now
hopelessly tangled,
twined and tethered,
no chance of losing
each other. I know,
I know, I’m supposed
to let go, to release,
set free, liberate.
But is it so wrong
for me to let go
and at the same time
pray that the red thread
I don’t believe in
will never break?
From an Old Thought
March 3, 2013 by Rosemerry
I like:”Red luck, green luck,/[and]transparent luck.” I especially like the notion of transparent luck.
“I know,/I know, I’m supposed/to let go, to release, set free, liberate.” Do any of these require relinquishing trust—say, in the red thread never disconnecting?
I’m a fan of transparent luck, the one I never see:>) I like that tiny contradiction at the end, the one where you pray for what you don’t believe in.
That is the invisible thread that binds us all to this life.
i love this one. do you know the ikkyu poem that is attached?
“Who would prefer the jingle of jade pendants when once he has heard stone growing in a cliff?” Lao Tzu
The power of Poetry http://www.powerofpoetry.org
and
Red Thread Gold Thread http://www.redthreadgoldthread.com
Hey Alan,
there wasn’t a poem attached that showed up … any chance that you could paste it in?