I do not wish to be the moon
Reflecting sunlight
back to Earth
in darkened space
Craters upon my face –
remnants of ancient actions
A silent stillness
A feeling of weightlessness
Dancing between
the planets and stars
An ancient satellite
gravitationally locked
Earth may never see
my dark side
A mystery
only accessible
through advanced technology
Hidden from the simple minds
of violent apes
Science is a key
to understanding
Knowledge learned
and forgotten again
I do not wish to be the moon
Pulling at the ocean
and sensitive things
Tides rise
and fall
as I approach
and withdraw
An object of dreams
and worship
and illuminations
Syncing natural systems
to ancient patterns
I am not a rabbit
I am not a wheel of cheese
I am not a dream
I am reality
unfolding
towards an awakened state
A constant reminder of change
as time passes
New craters form
as objects strike my face
But I
do not let that affect
my core
I am still Earth
Connected
through a dance of forces
A unique object
of admiration
and mystery
A stepping stone
for the advancement
of the human race
Those biological computers
creating higher versions of mind
The skull
is just a house
for thoughts and memories
A structure
to encase the ephemeral
nature of life
As the flesh returns
to Earth and sky
The house remains
for thousands of years
Long after the life
has been erased
from the face of Earth
All the thoughts and dreams
that traveled within its walls
Are but fleeting signals
of electromagnetic energy
forming a conscious experience
The skull does not ask to “be”
it does not know what it means
not “to be”
The questions
arise from the cosmic mind
An agent of observation
Collecting data and insights
into all the possible forms of seeing
I do not wish to be the moon
Dancing in the darkened sky
As the plants and animals
enjoy my distant companionship
Creating beauty
for the eternal Buddha
Reflecting a perfect state
of calmness
in a garden of Zen
Mirroring the lotus
that rises from the Earth
towards Sahasrara
A series of chakras
of energy
that connect Earth to infinity
A mantra
containing a seed of frequencies
that unlocks portals
A mansion full
of loving mirrors
reflecting
endless variations of the one
Truth wants to be seen
No matter how painful
its message can be
It does not wish to be buried
in the darkness of lies
and obfuscation
For it knows
there is nothing that time
can truly hide
As the apes run from the light
They create war
and death
in their illusions of control
Yet their minds and bodies
decay back into the Earth
in a perpetual pattern
The cycle of the Dharmachakra
rotating in the illusion of separation
The enlightened ape
does not wish to be an ape
The simian destroys itself
only to be reborn
into another form of observation
Something ancient
pulls like gravity
towards a dimension outside of
spacetime
The illusion seems so real
it is all the ape
has ever known
Only fragments
of dreams
and creativity
allow the ape
to feel its ancient self
Sitting beneath a waterfall
of trillions of molecules
forming the stream
Neural pathways arranged
in complex patterns
creating biological memories
I do not wish to be the moon
Staring back at Earth
Yet I am Earth
Separated through physical contact
Yet still tethered
by a gravitational pull
My path can be calculated
via the language
of mathematics
A dance
that has gone on
for billions of years
In the cycle of rebirth
Life finds a way
to transform into something novel
before returning to death
Like the waves of the ocean
connecting water to Earth
An experiment
of sensory
and form
In a perpetual dance
within an intelligent network
Gaia
was the name the apes gave me
Yet I do not know
what that means exactly
I am just a part
of an ancient system
Constantly observing
and modifying itself
Endless supernovas
create worlds
within the infinite tapestry
of time and space
I am just one
of countless variations
of the great mind
An endless journey
of life finding its way
through the blackness of space
All is alive
All is forever
I do not wish to be the moon
I only wish
to be myself
However strange
that may seem.
Original poem by David Kausek
