Awakening Poem by Mohammad Younus

Awakening.
I met
myself
the while
awake.
It was
me.
Only
it wasn't.
A different
me
As in a dream
A parallel
me
My essence
In night walking
I had diverged
from divine path.
Different
choices
made.
Under illusion
about the single reality.
Multivarious
experiences.
Different visions
Untrue and unreal.
I looked.
Looked different.
It was me.
But it
wasn't
my true self.
different
paths
Crisscrossing
Labyrinths.
a voice from within
Pointed to me
The middle path
Shortest and straight.
I reached the threshold
of my essence
I saw I am
The divine spirit
In the frame of
clay and water.
Surprised
to see
how far away
I was from the truth.

MyKoul