I See The World

As a fun house of mirrors

Navigating my way

Down empty hallways

Towards double reflections

With me behind me and

Also, in front of me

Recognizing that everything

Reflects internally for what

Is experienced externally


Quantum mechanics teaches me

That which is not observed

Does not exist

Until then, it is all just waves



Since, in my best perception of

Not having a victimhood mentality

I don’t see or experience tragedies

Merely events that happen, causing

Responses that occur in lieu of

Reacting like I have no control

Which requires one or the other of

Intentional and unintentional detachment

Unintentional from learned behavior

Intentional via self-preservation

Both, near instantaneously

Conscious and unconscious decisions



An observed tree is just a tree unless

I perceive to “be” that tree, whereas I

Can picture myself as that tree with

Deep roots, absorbing nutrients from

My surroundings to grow each year

Provide strength, comfort, and shade

Or simultaneously be the sun and sky

To provide heat, light, and rain that

Allows the tree to grow in the first place

Conditions that manifest the holistic

Approach that all, All is One absolutely



Or perhaps this is just therapy for a solipsist




“Strong Enough To Bend”

There’s a tree out in the back yard
That never has been broken by the wind
And the reason it’s still standin’
It was strong enough to bend

For years we have stayed together
As lovers and as friends
What we have will last forever
If we’re strong enough to bend

When you say somethin’ that you can’t take back
A big wind blows and you hear a little crack
When you say “Hey, well, I might be wrong”
You can sway with the wind till the storm is gone
(Sway with the wind till the storm is gone)

Like a tree
(Like a tree)
Out in the back yard
That never has been broken by the wind
Our love
(Our love)
Will last forever
If we’re strong enough to bend
(Yeah)

When you start thinkin’ that you know it all
A big wind blows and a branch will fall
When you say “Hey, this job takes two”
We can sway with the wind till the skies turn blue
(Sway with the wind till the skies turn blue)

Like the tree
(Like the tree)
Out in the back yard
That never has been broken by the wind
Our love
(Our love)
Will last forever
If we’re strong enough to bend
Our love
(Our love)
Will last forever
If we’re strong enough to bend






“All of that
Which has reality
Has no basis
In reality”

– Angelo Devlin