Life is all about you, and not at all about you Now that's two opposing thoughts and yet both of them are true How can we experience everything we choose to do While observing the experience we're having from a higher view? See, it's the question, not the answer that's the higher you Otherwise you couldn't differentiate between the two Awareness, but of who? You think you hurt me But I promise I was letting you They say we’re all one, but where have we been heading to? I’d rather die free than live inside a petting zoo I am the journey that I'm getting to Gratitude is my destination My destiny is perfectly aligned with this location I am the map, so my rhymes are like road signs I have everything I want, 'cause my imagination's mine But mine is not enough for me, 'cause I am not my mind I could see it all and never get to see I'm truly blind I could be it all but all identity is intertwined The moon is only bright when it reflects the sun's shine And I'm not entirely convinced I even write these lines ‘Cause my DNA is coded by divine design But if I manifest abundance while humanity is dying I am equally responsible for all that I'm denying See, you can tell the truth and still be lying I did it for years My perception was a fun-house mirror And my projection was exaggerated on reality Till my reflection back was nothing more than technicality So who am I, if I'm not who I am? What if I didn't have my name, or my age, or my friends? IfI didn't do my poetry, who would I be then? The things that I've become are not the things I truly am And everything I think I own, owns me in the end Existence doesn't owe me anything Quite the opposite Existence will exist long after I am missed So the art is more important than the artist is It’s not a human race. It’s just the human race. There’s nothing left to chase. We do not run this place. But both medicine and poison are acquired tastes. So I started taking selfies of somebody else’s face. ___________________ “Higher View” poem by @inqlife - shared on the most recent episode of the @knowthyself podcast, link in bio for the full episode on YouTube and all audio platforms 🙏🏽