we are so schooled away from the life below

that anything beneath the surface scares us.

but the need to look beneath the surface doesn't go away. 

denying the need to look within only empowers it in another direction, 

and we find ourselves paying to sit in the dark,

unable to look and unable to turn away,

as people like ourselves are physically and psychologically

forced open.

the book of awakening, october 3, 2021