Sangha of Auspicious Companions

Without Ourselves

–Afton Wilder

above the cliff

just off the edge

representing our conscience, souls, and selves

what if it shatters?

becoming a puzzle of icy glass

and then nothing at all?

what if it disappears?

what would we fight for?

would we still know ourselves

for the loving,

backstabbing,

beautiful,

horrible,

emotional,

heartless,

empathetic,

shunning,

wonderful people we are?

could we go on without ourselves?

without a foothold?

step lightly, they say

don’t leave your self like a scarf in the forest

like a sandal on the beach

tuck it in safe

don’t free it

don’t lose it

don’t go without a railing

but could we be more

without the limits

of our own selves?

if we could take the risk

would we end up not being in trouble after all?

would we be freeing ourselves

by letting go of our SELVES?

we’d have identity

of what we know

and what we’ve learned

but not the burden

of the world.

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