SILKWORM

Words and music by former Bhikshuni Heng Yin (Loni Baur)

Now you know
It’s not going to last
Why do you hold on?
Why do you seek bliss
In things that can only bring you pain?

Birth and death
It happens very fast
No place solid to stand on
It’s just emptiness
Nothin’ but a springtime’s dream.

Watch the silkworm spin
The shroud he’ll soon die in
Whe're you going my friend?
You can’t avoid life’s bitter end.

You can be free, you know
It’s your life
It’s your show
Just let your wisdom grow
Just let your false-thoughts go.