Poetry Friday: Silence

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This poem is from the Tao Te Ching, as translated by Demi in her book The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching. In its original form, it's really less of a poem than a lesson, but it is in verse, and I think it works well as a poem.

Silence

Those who know don't speak.
Those who speak don't know.
Close your mouth,
dull your senses,
smooth whatt's sharp,
untie all tangles,
shut out all glare,
wipe away all dust.
This is your real Self.
Be on Heaven's Way
without desires or dislikes,
benefit or harm,
honor or disbrace. This is
being Heaven's highest,
for one under Heaven.

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