Removing

Naked in the outside shower.

(photo by Art Durand Photography)

Removing

10/8/09

Whether they are filters,

judgments, ideas, beliefs, opinions,

or systems of knowledge,

in the end, meaningless

with last breath taken,

seeing those constructs dissolve

leaving nothing but 'presence',

if lucky, a chuckle,

for the wild ride

on extraordinary magnificent miracle

of illusory physical world

so bound by interpretation

from ego's slippery slope

of shapeshifting to satisfy

it's need for being

the controller of reality,

making itself supremely important

through life, death, consequences

though eventually there's exposure

if stubbornness slips away

to reveal frightened aspects,

child needing adult reassurance

that everything is okay,

has been, always will,

letting temporary nature go

when realizing Eternal Connection

removes obstacles to peacefulness.