Connection

Freeing oneself from desires
getting to the core of the self
only to find there is no such thing
and looking back outward
actually able to *see* the
relationships as webs slung
in all directions, a beautiful mess
of connection and hope and ultimacy
and this is who i am-ness.

Perception marries perspective and
give birth to total awareness.
It is my life that i live. mine.
yet, it would be value-less without
the lives of all others.

They nourish me, and I them.
We shall give back and forth forever
giving life ultimate meaning and purpose
and it is in this sense,
that the true self as anything separate
and apart from all else,
becomes a laughable concept.

Laugh! We are all alive:
Together.