That is one of the best modern poems of awakening I’ve read. I’ve translated a lot of Buddhistic poems of awakening over the years; this poem holds its own among them. See for example this o e by Jiaoran here: lampoetry.blogspot.com/2020/09/hear...

Hearing the Midnight Bell (JiaoRan)

An ancient temple Atop Cold Mountain A distant bell Borne by a fair breeze The toll lingers The moon drifts through the trees Until the las...

it is no accident, I think, that Buddhism appeals to me more and more It's nighttime forever, indeed