I am

Finding me hasn’t been easy.  
I have been well hidden
Like a pearl in the proverbial oyster
Tucked far away beyond prying eyes.
Like a simple thought
That breaks the bonds of writer’s block,
One that lays the foundation of a well-written poem
Or piece of prose,
I have been discovered.
Menacingly, tantalizingly
The layers of life are peeled away.
The cultural conditioning,
Society’s moulding biases,
The beleaguered thought processes,
The psychosis, the neurosis,
The empathy, the failed attempts, the successes,
All the experiences, vast and miniscule,
That have led me to this place in time
Have been let go; suspended indefinitely,
And in so doing, have exposed a universal truth:
Freedom exists in detachment from the past,
And from an indifference toward the future.
The only way I can experience the ‘now’
Is to be in the ‘now.’
Being fully present here in this moment
Without guilt or fear
Provides a profound immeasurable liberation.
I have found my balance and backed away from the edge.
My breath guides me and,
As I ease into the heart of the cosmos,
I feel its nothingness and its all fill me,
Yet I become empty.
And the knowing dawns upon my consciousness
That I am the cosmos.
We are one and the same.
No separation, no distinction
Because…I am.