Yes,
you can deny
these slipping nights
but at your peril.
Counting stars does not
bring the sky any closer
there is no meaning in the inevitable,
and you cannot slow it down.
Let it all go. Accept the flow.
Yes, you may be trying to see
the end of the universe
the edge of knowing
but even there,
something
happens
next.
Surely you know
you can’t talk
to a stone
unless of course
you are the wind
and nothing changes
anything
unless you ask it to
confess
your cause -
connect yourself
to what you seek
so near the end
where whispers blow
upon the source
shaping contours
and who it is
you’re searching for -
unless of course,
you are the wind
and on you wend
like dustdrift thrown
like spirits flown
like feelings shown
and on you go,
my friend.
The mind
cannot be fully aware
unless it thinks about awareness
but what it learns when thinking this
alters the very way it perceives itself.
Therefore, I must conclude.
We are fools to think
we can never be
fully aware.