A Waking Game
Are you
working to live,
tolerating unease
in the hope of future
security?
Did you pour yourself
into kids and
give up space
to simply be,
so you forgot
how not to live
for another?
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Are you
working to live,
tolerating unease
in the hope of future
security?
Did you pour yourself
into kids and
give up space
to simply be,
so you forgot
how not to live
for another?
/2
Comments
measure your validity
in outputs and ROIs,
likes and shares?
Or bury yourself
in busyness
for fear of what
might remain
in a quiet, wifi-less
room?
/3
the daily grind,
and listen to the inner pull
of a soul
starved of your
attention.
You might look
round one day,
so consumed by
the promise of
a future arrival,
that you missed
the moments that really
mattered.
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of 'getting there'
and destinations
on a distant horizon.
Now is the gateway,
for no other time
exists.
Meaning is here,
in this moment.
It's a waking game,
so let's play.
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