no. 97

We absolutely must live

Within a system

Or a system of systems

To survive

We need

And rely on it

It keeps us alive

It is the provider

Of food

And pharmacology

And so much more

Yet this same system of systems

Slowly

And subtlety

Makes us ill

It sickens us all

If we let it

While all the while

Denying the reality of our sickness

And inevitable death

It promises

To protect us from this fate of all souls

While we are all dying inside

For unconditional love

How do we recreate the system

Of systems

To provide this for us?

A system that dispenses ageless wisdom

Rather than contemporary knowledge

And information saturation… bombardment

One that sets forth

Self understanding

As its ultimate goal

We must

Live in a system of systems

As I have already stated

But we don’t have to let it

Sicken us

We can rise up

And live as we see fit

We can use the system

Rather than be used and tossed aside

By it

We can love ourselves

And each other

Deeply

We can make the system work for us

We can make it more humane

For all of humanity