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a unified existence, a systematic exchange
an indiscriminate chance to view the general as strange
to get a glimpse of what the universe has to give
we've recieved the greatest gift; so is it not enough to live?

must we dream of higher purpose, of devine power
create a twisted mirror for the beauty of a flower
or mystify reality with empty phrases
to compress the truth until it betrays us?

look up to the stars and conceive
of something that could not be there
all that you imagine and all that you believe
distantly shifts before you in the air

think up something madder than reality
examine the beauty and banality
and see: nothing is more fantastical than actuality
so is it not enough to be?

yes it is and therefore it isn't
from the beauty of what is, the prospect of more has arisen
it is not ungrateful to make the most of life
all this is part of us and how we manage to survive

07.02.23