Bismillah

G-d said   BE!
   and so I became, 
in likeness
           so framed, 
                 to see this self
                             separate
     from you, and you, and you...

in likeness and in vain, 
     I dreamed and then created 
         a   you,  a   you,   a   you...

But G-d help me,
     I can't always discern, 
              what of its true,
     are  you?  am  I?  are  you? 

Turtle-minded

[ A step back to witness,
and what is it you see?
regulate and monitor,
adjust and shift...
And what is it they see?
A friend withdrawn,
focusing too heavily,
distant and unwilling,
to move with
         impulsive
            longing,
-Never
compelled to split
the difference.
Never connecting without
     their
         insistance. ]






[ -they say he's forward,
           too impulsive,
  -they say he's a witness
           too outside himself,
  -they say he's beside himself
           a competition driving towards madness,
  -they say he's hidden
           trapped within himself ]

   -they say he's amongst us
       balanced