by Summer Breeze & Uncle River

 
The Left Foot of Breath

by Uncle River

Our humanity is neither identical with
Nor negation of our divinity.
Of course we screw up,
Misplace truth and our left foot.
Nonetheless, each breath
Refreshes the flavor of our Creator.
Self-contradiction both obscures
And illuminates the Tao.
 

published in Mother Bird Poetry Anthology 1993

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