Two Versions of a Poem

What Simply and Always Is

I am enlightened, and I have never been enlightened.

by Renee Grayson (Flicker.com, cc-by)

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I am enlightened
I am never enlightened
Both are true

I am everything
I am nothing
Both are true

I am this body and mind
I am not this body and mind
Both are true

I am my past and future
I am only the present moment
Both are true

I am doing this
I am not doing this
Both are true

Everything is true
Nothing is true
Both are true

I cannot say what this is
Because I can never only know what simply always is

Chop wood, carry water
What simply always is