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We are all hidden

If you judge me by the masks I wear,

you will be guilty of duplicity,

for the masks you judge me with

mask the masks you judge.

We are all hidden, as brood in fright,

standing on empty air, on an illusionary light

that swathes our pointless being,

we create layers and sub-layers

of unawareness and awareness,

that essentially add no factual insight

onto our self or being.

We are fools, fooling ourselves

and other fools, in an uninterrupted

movement we’ve called life.

 

Cease all judging and the masks collapse -

all foolishness is disrupted,

leaving nor awareness or unawareness,

just simple facts and being.

Live a physical life, through your valid senses.

Live a simple life, through your valid senses.

Live your life, and just your life, through your valid senses.

Be you, simply you, no more, no less than you,

and all will be made plain and be alright.

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May 5, 2012
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