Meaning

There are facts and there are meanings.

Do you confuse the two?

How oft does ego make a fact

Mean something to you?

I said that thing I said.

They did not message back.

I’m not sure what to do.

I’m less skilful than them at that.

I do not understand.

I accidentally shat.

Does ego take these facts to mean

You are in fact a prat?

When a fact is next perceived,

Can you simply observe it,

Without worrying about what it means;

About you,

Your life,

Your worth?

Mean meanings that paint you as

The biggest wank that walked the earth?

All facts mean nothing,

Yet all facts can create

An opportunity for enquiring, refining,

Smiling, learning, laughing,

Or sitting in perfect silence.

Doesn’t that sound nicer

Than engaging with verbal violence?

So let ego not convince you that facts mean something,

About you, your life, your worth.

Let it be,
Or engage with it with curiosity,

And return home, to peace.