I don't believe in God,
I believe in me.

Because
the only thing
that scares me
more than a God
is myself.

I am
so many people
that I can't even
keep track of
myself.

I am
group-******
ideas, personas,
smiles, images;
fractions of a being.

Phantom in plain sight.

I am a joke.
I am *******.
I make you laugh,
so you can't hear me.
I sell you someone else
so you don't see me
as I stand before you.

I am the ghost.

So, so many
voices
but none of them
are mine.

**** me
to pieces,
then gather
what fits.

It never does.
It never does.

When attempting to recall what has passed,
or working to see what lies ahead,
our memories and predictions
will only take us so far.

Inevitably, to see all that was and all that could be,
we must humbly and boldly return
to the images that arise,
through the gift of imagination.


MChallis © 2015