The Last Lifetime

I love myself.

Even the parts that don’t quite fit perfectly into this world.

At this point in my life, I get to choose how I want to live-as a being.

That’s the reminder that comes through most clearly now.

And I’ve come to realize that I choose to live authentically, as I always have.

Only now, without the things I no longer need or desire.

In the in-between.

Between life and death.

Between good and bad.

In both the light and the shadows.

That has always been my way.

Forever the observer, walking the middle path,

A follower of The Way.

That is what I’ve always been.

I forgot, for a while.

And it wasn’t until the awakening that I remembered what I came here to do.

But I set that aside, just to find you.

And in trying to find you,

I nearly lost myself again.

Who I am.

What I am.

I’ve always been here.

We’ve always been here,

Walking.

Observing.

Guiding.

But… I don’t want to come back.

And when I finally woke up, I realized I would never have to.

This is my last lifetime,

of walking.

Observing.

Guiding.

So, all that I am meant to endure,

build,

achieve,

must come now.

~ Donya