The Act of Being

I was born of man and a woman,
like all before me,
out of love and the manifestation of that love.
        I was sent from the void,
like all before me,
        and into this ocean of chaos.
To find the answers for myself.
The only thing that I have found
is that I wish to
become part of that void once again.
      I have been severed,
like all before me,
from the truth--
The all-knowing silence.
I wish to be--
and no longer have to think or see or hear.
i wish to be--
All knowing, all thinking, all seeing, all hearing.
Everything,
and yet silent.

Because in silence there is wisdom,
                            where there was once confusion.
                            There is Hope
                            where there was once desperation.

In silence there is being--
                                          as a stone is,
                                          as a tree is,
                                          as the sky is.
                                    This is what I would
                                                      like to be:

                            A human being,
                                                      Not just a human thinking.