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Letter to Rishikesh

from Rishi by Luke Sweeney

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They took my body to Rishikesh
Still in one piece,
But full of disease
I drank the water by accident
The doctor said ‘take two of these
For antibodies…’
After successfully cheating death
I said thank you and please
To the spry deities

I began seeking true consciousness
That pure inner peace
Of the ego release

like laughing children,
we’re soaking wet
up past our knees
inside the Ganges
I closed my eyes,
and I held my breathe
then under I went
like a true immigrant

<<Hare krishna, Hare hare
Krishna krishna, hare hare>>

My mind was feeling quite ticklish
Letting go of control
As the river will roll
I suffered long as a piece of flesh
But I would no more
Once I have freedom of soul
I wrote a letter from Rishikesh,
Said I’m on my way,
But my spirit will stay
Right here in this place called Rishikesh

(Rishikesh in the morning - Rishikesh)

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from Rishi, released November 11, 2022

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Luke Sweeney San Francisco, California

A bicycle crash left a young Sweeney with his jaw wired shut for six weeks, and in recovering, his sustenance was on a guitar. What was he chasing?

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