Nice To Meet Who

If I am not I, who will be? - Thoreau

the water does not ripple what was

only what is

the canyon does not echo what i say

only what i said

the mirror does not reflect who i long to be

only who i am

sometimes the king of siam

other times

a dented can of spam

Author's Note

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

All of which proves there is no reality save the present moment. All the rest is either memory or anticipation, neither of which is terribly reliable

[Pete]

if i put as much of myself into the present as i do the past and future i could be the king of siam ... :)