Now: My Ultimate Focus

With vision revamped and eyes anew

A deeper look I took and saw what was true.

The strokes of my pen and content of my story

Had become so foreign — satirical allegory. 

I knew at that moment it was time to begin,

To take steps reflective of the man within.

Not to forsake, erase, nor regret,

But to walk new pages — my foundations reset.

A clear path unneeded, but a journey in mind.

Expectations of stumbling — both treacherous and benign.

No fears of being lost, for alive I am found.

My awareness refocused on that deep unchanging sound.

The stillness within resounds louder than thought

— overwhelmingly calming, that suffering want.

That desire that arises from unfounded fears of loss — 

Loss of face, loss of grace, loss of all that is truly for naught.

The stillness is being. It is living right now.

Not tomorrow, nor yesterday, but here where we are bound.

The words we state, the things we create, 

The actions we take and the choices we make.

All of these things exist right now,

Observed and affected by our consciousness somehow.

If that is our gift, then thus is my purpose:

To live my life giving now my ultimate focus.