One

Today, I choose to feel life.

To stand in the rays of sunlight,

And evaporate in its strength.

To step on the dew covered grass,

And be grasped by the soil beneath my weight.

To gaze at each creature roaming among me,

And be connected to each of their spirits.

To fill my lungs until they can contain no more,

And exhale with hopes of fueling new life.

To close my eyes,

extend my arms to the heights of the sky,

And absorb the magnitude of the universe.

My feet may be stuck in an unwanted place,

My mind meandering through the clouds,

My surroundings moving in too fast a pace,

But today,

No matter the perplexity,

The earth and I share no boundaries.

We are one.

I am one.

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Consciousness

They picked me up and threw me down,

I hit the ground without a sound.

And there I stayed, bitterly bound

Until my mind receded all obstruction

Alas, I witnessed a profound introduction

To a state that grabbed me, as if by seduction.

A state of questioning, nothing to conceal.

Maybe it's our fantasies that make life so real,

Or could life be the fantasy, and true pain surreal?

There are those who cling desperately to their sanity,

Could one stimulate such great electricity

For a damaged soul to achieve sublimity?

Imagine the depths of hell echo in absence,

As the devils walk among us in abundance.

Who are the few that bear a sinful conscience?

They had picked me up and thrown me down,

I became reborn, standing much taller now

And in tune to an enlightening sound.

So now I ask of you to expand your vision,

Beyond yourself, biases, even religion

For the earth plays music for those who listen.

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