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Kena

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I am not the melting wax
but glow, from the flickering flame
of a little candle.

who are you?
another candle's wax,
or its spreading light?


as we float in a glow united
with countless others,
where do I end?
where do you begin?


am I not you?
are you not me?

what happens when we
merge with the brightness
of the cosmos --
most intense,
and yet invisible?

are you absorbed by that Glow?
or is it absorbed in you?
are you in me?
or am I in you?

what is visible?
what is invisible,
and what is indivisible,
my friend?

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Author notes

P.S. -- Musings inspired by the Upanishads. Kena means 'by whom'. More about the title here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kena_Upanishad.

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