waiting for better days

stop waiting for better days.
come out of the waiting room and 
laugh like you are crazy –
forget your plans
to be awakened some day
in the future–
don’t you see?
a miracle is here to give itself away –
awakening is not
something to pursue
it is a petal
of a flower hidden
in your chest –
everyone deserves
complete rest not
just by dying but
by being fully alive.
stop looking for a rose
without the thorn –
stillness without noise
joy without sorrow ---
light without darkness –
everyone is within everyone else –
and God resides in the center