Apr 5, 2018 Original Poetry
Want / Not Want
©April 5th, 2018
By Vijaya Sundaram
I want to have eyes everywhere,
Seeing into everything, and beyond,
And at, and all around, drinking in light;
Ears whose listening extend into the unknown;
A heart that bursts with love, without fear of exploding;
Skin so sensitive that it vibrates to airflow and blood-flow,
Skin that feels all emotions, mine and others’;
A mouth that speaks, and is silent, without shoulds;
A throat that sings without effort or sadness;
Lungs that rejoice when air fills them,
Without struggle.
I am tired of struggling.
I want to have loved without fear
To have lived without want
To have given without expectation
To receive without obligation.
I want to cut all ties.
To float, like dust-motes,
And dance in space.
And I want to not want that.
I want to not want.
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