we live in another age, a coming age
I can feel it emerging from my fingertips
thread by thread, something unwinds
a release of breath

now inhale again
who are you? are you yourself today?
of course — only yourself, pure spirit

I hope today you are
the higher self
emerging from your fingertips
streaming out, streaming up

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font: Khmer MN

background: Sky – Northern Cuba by Charles Dewolf Brownell, ca. 1853–66 • www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/816789