Understanding The Body

You are more than this body, though,
it has taken much time
to realize this, to fully understand this.

Within this body you exist.
Within this body you experience.
Within this body you are.

Such a simple thing!
Yet how fraught it can all be.

Existing in a place we never chose.

Yet we exist all the same.
This is the gift and tension.

To make the best of all this
is what me must do, and
I confess of it's difficulty.

You are more than this body, though,
of that much I am now sure.
How true it is of all of us.

Unseen Moments

I am not the man you think I am
But I am a man nonetheless
These days leave me shuddering
And senseless in the bathroom 
With the doors closed
I can't breath 
But I force a breath in 
Splash water on my face
And walk out 
To try again 
To keep going 
To try and not break down

The Answer

Persistent impatience
Tapping foot 
Clammy hand
Gripping knee
Unsteady thoughts
Tension high
Endless wait
Living death
Answer soon
Then what
Then what

Between Now and Eternity

The space between now and eternity
Can best be measured as the length
Of an ordinary human life. I am here.

This cannot last. This will not last.
Illusion of endless time aided by a life
Of comfort free from primal hardship.

See beyond the ordinary. Laugh at
This expression of the mundane
Passed off as profound wisdom.

The ordinary will keep you from
Searching. It will bind you to the
Chair from which you are reading this.

How we react to the tension between
Extremes will define us.