Love/ Not So (Poems)
Marty Kleva
The practice of looking inward may be the most sacrificial act of our life!
No one else can give us who we already are.
This can only be accomplished by meeting our own self —
converging on a regular basis
over, over, and over again
Bowing to each other —
Bowing to the judge and jury—
Greeting the Great Thinker — meeting eye to eye
with the stare of despair
Bowing and Greeting — Bowing and Greeting
sitting across from all that we already are,
Having the courage — like a warrior — to say
Hello, I am you and you are me.
I am you and you are me!
Lets us begin!
Not So - mek 1-30-01
It is uncomfortable to hear and see
to what extent we have gone
in order to cover up . . .
Turning the volume down low . . . so as
not to hear
what we do not want to hear . . . and
Not see what we would rather
not see.
Not hear, nor see
What we have become.
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