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Conversations with you

Which conversations
can defy or escape
the primal egotistical
nature of man?

Lest communication breaks
I, you, we
Become the founding words
Into telling our stories
Into seeking connections
Into expressions

I, you, we
Constantly complaining
Incessantly needing
to share, to say, to express
to speak, to amplify
as clocks tick

But this conversation,
I, me, I, me
Isn't selfish that way
Neither does it take
anything away
From you nor you nor you

Hush now, lips shut
the heart takes
its centre stage
Time comes to
a standstill

For He has waited all day
To hear me talk about me
What is ego now?
Doesn't He know already
what I'm about to say?

With just a whisper,
a tear
a silence
the ego is crushed

When I say I,
even unspoken,
He dissolves me
into His
Oneness

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