For A Short Time—only? Poem by Mark Heathcote

For a short time—Only?
Needing—without Hoping
Wishing—without Wanting
Gazing—without Looking
Dreaming—without Searching
Thinking—without Understanding
Listening—without Hearing
Touching—without Feeling
Sensing—without Knowing
Healing—without Bleeding
Growing—without Aging
Hurting—without Bruising
Sleeping without—Mumbling
Feeding without—Eating
Breathing without—Inhaling
For a short time—Only?
Then was I—Truly,
Happy?