Reality exposes everything
It’s all in how it’s seen
Metaphors and parallels
Example … ‘The American Dream!’

The dread, it was a nightmare
For the multitudes born here (*1)
Pioneers and pilgrims
With intentions everclear

The past became the present
Faces all have changed
Resources now, as land before
All being re-arranged

In the want of ego pleasure
Duality, well, of health (*2)
The polarity of ‘you’ and ‘me’ (*3)
As ego grasps for wealth

6/21/17

[Footnotes 5/19/19]

(*1) American Indians

(*2) Laughing at myself about this line, because I’m not sure what was
meant when it was written. Possibly that because people attempt to satisfy
the ego, whether it’s drink or drugs, or just an excess of food, ultimately
there’s a point where the body may go through a change from being healthy
to unhealthy

due to the nature of the ego wanting to pleasure itself.

(*3) Not sure if duality would have fit better here. It’s just pointing to
the fact of separation that we develop throughout our lifetime. The
cognition that our very being (with all its implications) has an impact is
completely lost on us … but there is change a co min’