
I was riding a wave
high on adrenaline
it steered me away
I realized
from a reality
it was not the sea
that I floated on
but the concrete walls
of the world around me

I was riding a wave
high on adrenaline
it steered me away
I realized
from a reality
it was not the sea
that I floated on
but the concrete walls
of the world around me

The world shifted
the curtains were makeshift
for there was something to hide
an ugly truth
coming from the…

The metaphor of a door
the other one you could have opened
as far as I know
all unknown doors
lead to the same
darkness
till you open it
and start walking

The small part of the wall
that was left
was huge
I couldn’t get around it

I still remember my first window
the view when I looked out
it was not much
but looking back
I wish I could do that now
from the other side

65 Whither honesty can lead. – Someone had the bad habit of occasionally examining the motives of his actions, which were as good and bad as the motives of everyone else, and honestly saying what they were. He excited at first revulsion, then suspicion, gradually became altogether proscribed and declared an outlaw in society, until finally the law took notice of this infamous being on occasions when usually it closed its eyes. Lack of ability to keep silent about the universal secret, and the irresponsible tendency to see what no one wants to see – himself – brought him to prison and a premature death.

It is difficult to see
if in the distance
where we seem to get closer
we really do

A part of me stares at me
in a mirror
but I don’t see
the problem
the other half
till I do
realize

Do we ever change our head
and what moves inside

What side of the double stairs
going up
do I take
when I am not closer
to the answer

I am curious
for what to see in the window
furthest from me
that’s why I always look
through new windows
for me
because
it might be the one
furthest away
from me

The memories from old photos
look so much better
must be the distance in time
times memory loss

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

There is a little house
attached to yours
where you live
close to you
where you can
fly away
when your small
and grow wings

Black shadows creep up
while the sun rises
it must be me
sinking deeper
but why trust a shadow

491 Self-observation. – Man is very well defended against himself, against being reconnoitred and besieged by himself, he is usually able to perceive of himself only his outer walls. The actual fortress is inaccessible, even invisible to him, unless his friends and enemies play the traitor and conduct him in by a secret path.