The Only Sin I Ever Committed

The only sin
I ever committed
was stepping away
from who I am

as if it was ever necessary
in order to love others.

We create, express who we are
and meet at the overlap
The courtyard we call democracy
jazz
love.

—

The world’s customs and
perspectives are changing,
the resistance to it is interesting,
some of it discouraging,
some of it hysterical,
life continues.

our sustained role
depends on the will to listen

listening
exposes the ego
the fraudulent, imposter of self
which recedes and leads to true experience
of who we are

The only sin, the greatest blasphemy
I ever committed
was stepping away
from who I am
as if that were ever necessary
in order to love others.

It’s not.