Nine Steps To Nirvana Poem by Alexandre Nodopaka

Please! One step at a time!
First, Truth is to be swept off first step,
since it is the foundation of all lies.
Then Art is to be swept from second step
since Art, Poetry and Word are subversive.

Then Philosophers from the third to the eighth
because there are so many of them ascending
and the ladder is not designed
to support their weight in words.
But the ninth step, shrouded by clouds,

must be strewn with inspiration and grace
as we deposit tantalizing droplets
in the innermost sanctum sanctorum of our Muse
that fills with humid humility
making the most of our nights and days

as we wait to be replaced by new artists
and philosophers that in turn shall descend
those very steps. Reaching the ninth step
is like being on cloud-9 and achieving
the cognitive systemic reconstructive theory

dealing with self-actualization.