September 8, 1995 (continued…)

what defines being…
not being known or unknown
name or description

poverty or wealth
being admired or scorned
acclaimed or condemned

failure or success
powerful or powerless
stalled or on a roll

being smart or dumb
educated or unschooled
high IQ or low

being needs not these
judgements bestowed by others
or assigned by self

thoughts and images
of no substance in themselves
gauzy waves of brain

what defines being…
being itself defines it
nothing else...no more

without description
beyond thought, image, concept
being is being

nothing more to add...
why futilely search outside
for what is within

(to be continued...)