ALL IN WHOLENESS

i sit in a bed of flowers

the delicate petals

and blooming colors

are wondrous

insects hum and drink

from nature’s elixir

clouds drift and dissolve

a warm, soothing breeze

dances through the meadow

wonder lies all around

here

i need little

want nothing

emptiness is mind

joy flows ever so gentle

love suffuses everything

here one sees

hate, greed, and want for power

arise out of ignorance

out of conditioning

out of suffering

this ignorance

spreads more ignorance

until countries are built

out of this ignorance

everyone believing

in its conditioned way

hierarchy, oppression

and violence

are the ways of the state

falling down upon people and nature

i am done with that drama

i live for no state or country

no flag indoctrinates me

all people

young and old

black and white

queer and straight

women and men

immigrants and Indigenous

all genders

no matter one’s station

no matter one’s religion or belief

i love

all creatures

the earth

the universe

i love

in stillness

i am

no division

just wholeness

immeasurable

wholeness in all

all in wholeness