Amazing

It is simply amazing
That we never question
“What is it that powers me?”
“What causes my body to breathe?”
“What makes all my body functions work?”
Simply amazing
That we all just assume
That those functions will work
And we carry on
Until one day or night
Those functions are at risk
They threaten to stop functioning
Then we are puzzled

At why those functions will stop
And we then ask
Bewildered and afraid
“What is death?”
We ask that
Because we
Forgot to ask
“What is birth?”At death
Something is going
To go away
What is that one
That will go away?
The one that will go

Is that one
Under our control?
When it came
It came unannounced
And lo and behold
We ARE!!!
And that one
May not seek our permission
When it is leavingAnd when it does leave
We are NO MORE!!!
We are alive
Doing things
Boasting, crying

Commenting, working
World politics
World hunger
Our hunger
All topics
Of our concern
Are there only
As long as that one
Keeps showing up
So entirely dependent
On that one are we
The one time


That one does not
Show up
We are instantly
Reduced to a
Corpse
Then all our achievements
Sorrows, joys and pain

Failures and triumphs
Knowledge and attachments
Are reduced to
Nothingness
So please
Tell me if you can
Are we the one
That we see
Or are we that one
That we cannot see?