I See

   
       I SEE 

I see

The little beady eyes

Of the collectivists

Staring at us

From the darkness

Which they inhabit

               and want

To drag us into

For our energy

To keep it going.

                  No.

I will not.

I will not.

               Because

It is wrong,

              symbolic

Of having given up

          our gift

Of free will.

           But wait.

Isn't this the same thing

As that journey's outcome

Of all of us in this together?

                           No.

It is not.

              The difference

Is in 'ought' to

As opposed to 'must' -

         is in the detail

Of the fine print

Of the contract:

    to experience a degree

Of separateness

            in order 

To take personal responsibility

For our actions.  Not

Turn it all over

To a higher will

Than our own.

         To own it

And then move on

                    up

Into a state of Oneness -

         the oneness of

Our priceless Being

Beyond the measure of time

In the present clime

Of ignoble duress.

That is our present.