Nang Nak

Last night I watched the movie “Nang Nak” The hero returns home after a war Lives with the ghosts of his wife and baby Unaware they died while he fought far away And then when I turned around I saw only ghosts abound Non-real beings, planets, stars All that my universe bore And at last, my body and thoughts Dancing apparitions in swirls Frenzied dervishes in whirls I prayed at the feet of the Buddha Bewildered by spectral samsaara Did He smile at last? Or a non-real thought that was? Or does it matter at all? That I know is proof after all That I exist to validate Real, unreal, non-real Like a glow that reveals Self-iridescence concealed And here I lie now erased Of body, mind and the seen A void that has everything Sans forms and names And yet the fullest thing A Buddha living in everything