Prison of Perception
I move;
perception moves;
thoughts move;
feelings move;
this body moves.
I am still;
perception stills;
thoughts still;
feelings still;
this body stills;
These perceptions I thought were me
vanish;
these thoughts I thought were me
vanish;
these feelings I thought were me
vanish;
this body I thought was me
will slowly vanish
as the germs and worms unweave the confusion.
I watch
nothing.
Then watching is gone;
(no way to question if
nothing is there,
nothing is not there.
Who can say something has been freed?
Who can say nothing has been freed?)
As I go about my day,
these feelings come
vivid and fierce, like fear;
unable to see my Self,
unable to feel myself,
I can only see the fear,
I can only feel the fear,
and I think “that must be me;
it’s all I can see; it is all I feel.”
These feelings even come
vivid and fierce, like love;
unable to see myself,
unable to feel myself,
I can only see the love,
I can only feel the love
and I think “that must be me;
it’s all I can see; it is all I feel.”
Is there something watching?
Is there someone watching?
or is there only Watching
as everything comes and goes...
Copyright © Jack Webster | Year Posted 2020
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