a unified existence, a systematic exchange

an indiscriminate chance to view the general as strange

to get a glimpse of what the universe has to give

we've recieved the greatest gift; so is it not enough to live?

must we dream of higher purpose, of devine power

create a twisted mirror for the beauty of a flower

or mystify reality with empty phrases

to compress the truth until it betrays us?

look up to the stars and conceive

of something that could not be there

all that you imagine and all that you believe

distantly shifts before you in the air

think up something madder than reality

examine the beauty and banality

and see: nothing is more fantastical than actuality

so is it not enough to be?

yes it is and therefore it isn't

from the beauty of what is, the prospect of more has arisen

it is not ungrateful to make the most of life

all this is part of us and how we manage to survive

07.02.23