Perceptions.

you take a look down,
you look all around
you see it all- you see nothing at all
what is it that your eyes rest upon?
reality?
no.
a perception of reality.
not yours.
not mine.
theirs.
his.
hers.
its.
just a perception that has been inherited- that has been influenced by the minds of others.

you do not touch what you feel.
you do not feel what you feel.
it is the mind.
the mind inside.
the mind's perception.
not your perception.
not my perception.
the perception.

we are matter.
we do not matter.
we are not energy.
we possess energy.
we possess knowledge.
we possess a perception of knowledge.
not your perception.
not my perception.
it's the perception that's been passed on.

we trust those whom we have never met.
they tell us how to live our lives,
because they've lived their lives.
they are not deemed sane until they are long gone.
yet we follow in their path.
it is their perceptions.
their perceptions are not their own.
they are someone else's.

there is no such thing as an original idea
we are seeds.
we are planted.
we are monitored.
we grow.
we live.
we flourish.
we seek nutrition.
we thrive.
we weaken.
we wilt.
we pass.
and another seed is planted from our plant.
we are a chain of living.

life is just a perception of a perception.
a wrong perception.
a false perception.
a satisfying perception.
therefore it is the perception we chose to follow.