Waking Up

Tis a strange facet of life
this habit we most of us have
of walking and talking and working and
playing and resting and eating and
love making
and driving our cars
and
watching playing on using the
computer

we are asleep doing it

not the Zzzzz's in our bed,
but the going through the motions mechanically,
not knowing in the moment
about
our relationship to gravity
about air coming in and out
about light coming in
about our arms and legs
and spine
where are they,
what motion or shapes are they making.
and our lips
and our
ears:
what sounds are coming in?

that would be a full scheme of awakeness

and we don't have it

so....
we can always make an effort
and
then forget
and then remember that we forgot
and
make another effrt
and then
forget
and then remember we forgot and
smile
and sigh
and make another effort

and
so on yes