cosmos

Sean Lim

breathe. hold fast, and breathe.

life takes place not in some distant place,
some distant time,
but only in this reality which is revealed to us
before our eyes.
目前.

it is like an integral in some ways.
to someone burdened with suffering, we tell them,
focus on small goals. waking up in the morning.
eating meals. drinking water.
completion of each is a success.

now, take the limit as these tasks become
infinitesimally small.
now we arrive at experience itself.
and in truth, there is no sum.
there is only now. what is before our eyes.

satisfaction... is perception.
perception is reality.
but perception is empty.
it is easy to lose yourself in perception.
there are so many things to be perceived.
and yet, all of this things bring it back.

i wanted to capture the cosmos, but i could not even capture
a single, indivisible piece of what constitutes our reality but
in doing so i failed to see that the cosmos itself is already
present before me in the palm of my hand.
the entireity of it was revealed before my eyes.