death another birth

Birth brings joy
Death brings grief
The cycle ends

Birth brings death
Death brings birth
The cycle repeats

Such a contrast
Seen from concept
Seen from reality

Until Reality seen
Feeling is our measure
Pleasure over displeasure

Clinging to feelings
We keep seeking
Causing us a return

Unbeknown too many
The cycle can be broken
The end of birth and death

Thus let death be known
Let birth be seen
Both arising from clinging

As grief comes to heart
Or joy comes to mind
Be mindful it is just the mind

The mind being the cause
The mind being the effect
The mind being the end

Rest then in peace
For the alive
And for the dead

Where the mind is the player
Where birth and death its mirage
Not knowing we fall again and again

To be seen correctly
Mindfulness the way
Wisdom the fruit.