Pinning the butterfly

September 3, 2023

There's only

What's happening,

Just what seems

To be happening.

But the problem,

The

Dilemma,

For the one

Who needs

To know,

Is that

There's

No knowing

Of what's

Happening;

No finding of

What's happening.

Anything

You say

About

What's happening

Is 'about'

What was,

Not what is!

Any thought

Or statement

About this,

Is always

About that!

The impossibility

Of 'pinning down'

This

To a description,

A definition,

Or explanation

Is like

Pinning a butterfly

To a board

And pretending

The wondrous

Aliveness

Of the butterfly

Has been captured.

Life can't

Be captured.

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