Express: All Right

The only thing
That prevents us
From attaining realization
Is the effort to attain it

And yet, this effort too
Is nothing other than
That which we seek
And keep seeking,

The seeking is ‘it’ as well
And so,
Is perfectly acceptable,
As are the sacrifices we make.

Such sacrifices are ‘it’ too
And completely unnecessary
But totally right,
Even though unnecessary

And those who seek
Are just as right
As those
Who don’t.

The ones seeking relief
And the ones who don’t
Living together
In the same world,

Each known only
In terms of the other,
Each interpenetrating
And inseparable,

For without
One another,
How could they
Know themselves?