Exactitude: Resolve

Developing dispassion
Towards inconstancy
Is shaping up to be
A worthy goal,

As I see
That my mind
Most clings to
Wanting things to continue,

Especially seeking
The reliability
Of that which I prefer
And seem to expect,

Not sure of
The origin of
These expectations
But they’ve got to go,

If I want to
Stop suffering
And that seems to me
A worthwhile endeavour,

Because I discern
How much of that there is
And how much of it
Has to do with craving reliability,

When, for instance,
I hear an unpleasant noise,
I see that what I really wanted was
For the quiet to continue

And that what particularly annoys
Is that it doesn’t
But instead comes and goes
In accordance with causes and conditions;
And so, I resolve to try to cultivate dispassion.