The Listener
M.S. 2015
Before and after, before and after, morning to night, day after day, you and them, then and when, good and bad, like and dislike. Black and White, war after war.
This is how we live, and have lived, from the beginning.
A life chopped into pieces.
And then we use the pieces to build a jail for ourselves.
If you are tired of living like this, tired of the news,
and want to escape from jail,
Here is the key:
Just listen.
Give your life to listening.
Listen to your heart beating,
to the crows cawing,
to the clock ticking,
to the wind blowing.
Listen to your aggravation,
to your impatience,
to your sadness.
Listen to the question,
‘Who am I?’
And realize there never was a jail!
Know that you are the world.
And make space
For light to come into the world.
