Dukkha

Mr. Lucian Sperta arrives with a new book of Poetry entitled Dukkha. Dukkha, a name derived from Buddhist philosophy. In Wikpedia Dukkha is reported as "suggestive of an underlying sense of ‘unsatisfactoriness’ or ‘unease’ that must ultimately mar even our experience of happiness...disquietude as in the condition of being disturbed...Accordingly, dukkha can refer to various unpleasant experiences in varying degrees. It can range anywhere from discomfort to suffering." (Wikpedia). Mr. Sperta allows us to see the loss in varies stages , and how this loss has effected his own view of his life and the world around him, thus Dukkha is the internal reaction to his external experiences. He also appears to struggle with saying good-bye to past experiences , but there is a willingness to finally let go and be "renewed." In his new book of poems, Mr. Sperta realizes and accepts his coming alive from the darkness of his personal life experiences, and begins to make the path towards 'detachment'. Dukkha is a moving away from the 'old attachments' as it begins to allow the writer to enter the 'detachment' phase of his life. Clinging too tightly to the past has caused Dukkha. In varying ways throughout this new work he is saying good-bye to the conflicts that so engulfed him throughout his journey for recovery and healing.He reminds us about the possible departure from being too laden with grief and sadness as he states:"Today what lies in these pages, are the tattered remains of a dying yesterday and a tomorrows rebirth-of self. This is the final ending toward a new beginning." Time will tell what his next release would reveal in his journey but in the end he closes, "I am healing as I am getting old!,And with this I end to finally move on, creating a new tomorrow -toward a new dawn."