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All in a meditative haze
Upon a rock I gazed, all in a meditative haze wondering;
“O rock! how can I know you better?
you who stand defiant out in the weather.”
And the voice of the rock revealed itself, saying;
“I am a rock, I am sturdy and strong.
I live a life which is very very long,
but I would give up my long life, for a short human one.”
Upon an onion I gazed all in a meditative haze wondering;
“O onion, what is the life that you bear?
as my eyes shed a human tear.”
And the voice of the onion revealed itself, saying;
“I am an onion and like you, I have many layers.
Upon me you may shed your tears,
but it is me who weeps for the human years.”
Upon myself I gazed all in a meditative haze wondering;
“O self, who are you that thinks?
who wonders here and there within the time it takes to blink.”
“I am that which is in all.
I am the large, I am the small.”
“I am that which makes everything whole.
I, am, ‘soul.”’
“I speak for all things, I am all things.
I am that from which everything must spring.”
I am the rock,
I am that which springs from the soil.
I am life in constant recoil.
I am old,
I am new,
I am everything,
I am you. © Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au dominicj7@poetry.net.au 26/6/99