Dabbling: Reflections on Clinging

Thinking of clinging
And not clinging,
Wondering what difference
There would be
Without it,

Looking ahead,
Seeing a cycle of
Clinging and release,
Attaching to and letting go,

And wondering where
That would lead,
Or whether it
Just keeps on going,

What would life be like
Outside of this?
Is there any outside?
How to decide what to do?

Perhaps there’s
Really no difference,
Life would just continue
On the way it is,

Maybe the only change
Is just lack of suffering,
Life merely proceeds
As it would have done,

If so, what are the implications?
What about choice?
How does that figure in?
Aren’t choices based on perception too?

What we think we can do,
And the options that we have
Based on what we’ve seen and where we’ve been?
And if so, then what?