Better Not

I better not do, or

They might think.

I better not think, or

They might react.

I better not tell, or

They might feel.

I better not assert, or

They might retract.

I better not joke, or

They might assume.

I better not ask, or

They might presume.

I better not dislike, or

They might dislike.

I better not look, or

They might confuse...

But, for whom is it better,

To cloak what exists

In a ruse, a lie?

Who benefits

When you attempt to hide what is?

You? Me? The fish?

Eh?

Do you wish to experience what is or pretence?

Freedom or repression?

Pie or a porcupine dressed as a pie?

What nonsense!

Shake off the fear and be free,

Not pointedly or with parade, but without care.

And in the face of another's disdain, if it is there,

Instead of responding with concern and despair,

Offer them a hug

Or a buy them a pint,

Or give them a pound,

Or something else sound.

Allow them to see

Through how you be

That there's nothing real to fear

From what is so, being so;

That there's nothing real to lose -

Only false ideas of self,

That once seen as false

Disappear.

Be, now, without hiding what is true -

Realign with what is so,

Realign with you.