There is a map of here
but I am not on the map,
I am here.
There are indications of altitude,
political boundaries,
but what is before me?
Regardless of what someone has drawn,
what do I see?
What do I hear?
There is no map of soul,
no chart of consciousness
that is real.
A map keeps rising before me.
I keep setting it down,
letting go of what I think about where I am
and being where I am.
This is all I need.
I am here.
Here I am.
I am here.
I am.
—August 24, 2018