Dispelling Our Illusion
By Don Iannone

Listen to yourself.
Not just the words
...but also the images
...rising and falling
in your mind.
They seem as many
...but not so.
There is only one.
You are that.
I am that.
Don't torment yourself
with meaningless riddles
...about this and that.
Rid yourself
...of anything that appears
...as more or less than one
...for it is illusion.
All notions of separateness
...whether labeled as good or bad
...do nothing but feed the ego self
...which is self-perpetuating
...and feeds on its creations
...including all others it births.
Move beyond your pain
...whatever your angst
...by realizing you are its creator
...and as such can end it
...by releasing all thoughts of self
...and resting in peace
...in your own emptiness.
For there
...and only there
...the boundary between peace and yourself ends.