Awakening Means.... Poem by Eric Cockrell

awakening means....
i can hear you!
i can see you!
i can taste you!
i can feel you!

i breathe in our suffering,
i breathe out our freedom.

awakening means...
no need for a name!
no need for possessions.
no need to conquer!
no need to convert!

i breathe in our humanity,
i breathe out our equality.

awakening means....
i cannot help but care!
i am already involved.
i am immersed and drenched.
i have countless forms.

i breathe in our common labor,
i breathe out our sacred journey.

awakening means...
the journey is the destination.
we are the journey.
we are the destination!