giving birth

to oneself

by Roberto Lavidez

the world

is being

sundered

between

two poles

one is held

by the

powerful

the other

is left to

the powerless

the idea of

man’s dignity

and power

the idea

of man’s

worthlessness

and nothingness

have become

enmeshed in

a net of means

and have lost

sight of ends

falsifying history

in a way that

has served

the people

in power

while

silencing

those who

have suffered

injustice

swept along

relentlessly

by the wind

unable to hold

onto any ground

experiencing a

blackness like

an empty sky

shrouded in

utter darkness

the horizon

of change

is circumscribed

producing songs

that reflected

the rage

of those who

began to feel

increasingly

marginalized

greed is not

as is often

assumed

rooted in

man’s animal

nature but

in his mind

and imagination

suppression or

indulgence

in it

would be man’s

alternative

the comprehension

of the naked

awareness

within which

everything

is contained

man’s main

task is to

give birth

to himself

he must be

his own

watchdog

recognizing

evil and

using his will

to fight it

he could

choose to

live the

hidden

and austere

life of an

ancient

contemplative

where all

these things

around us

go away

seeing life

and death

as if

in the palm

of the hand

all substances

are false

and untrue

a mirage

in which

the universe

evolves and

disintegrates

one phenomenon

arises and

another stops

as wild waves

rise and sink

back into the

calm of the

ocean

©robertolavidez2014