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In a dojo
There is no escape
No place to hide
You leave your civvies
In the locker room
And don special clothes
A gi - everyone the same
Except perhaps for some
Colored belts or a mix
Of hakama here and there
The uniformity takes away
All your usual camouflage
You are left exposed
There to be hammered into
Something better, something new
Sometimes the experience
Is not pleasant, not easy
But that's why you are there
A true Way is never easy
Or pleasant -- it just is
One important detail after another
Forging, sculpting, taking
Away all the useless chaff
To reveal who and what
You truly are
12-28-2014 05:29 PM 
