Crazy Wisdom
for Chogyam Trungpa
Lone warrior on rocky precipice of sanity
Bearing the mindstream of ancient runes
To fickle lords of materialism
Riding your wild tiger of ferocity
Soft-hearted Bodhisattva true son of Padmakara
Wild horses couldn’t keep us apart
For decades the momentary clasp
Of your crocodile hold kept me close
The first time I saw you I made the secret sign
You met my gaze and read my mind
Instructing me but I was too ignorant
Just recalling your luminous face now
Reminds me of our sacred purpose
In the great expanse of space may
We meet again our minds conjoined
Briefly in joy and sorrow
Amid this samsaric visage of heartbreak