Essential Knowledge

As I sit
Quietly following the breath
Mind and body fall away.

Learning to reject the will to live
Not accepting the will to die.

I wonder if I will fall in love
If I will know happiness
If I will know suffering
If I am to wander endlessly
Through this life alone.

None of that matters.
For everywhere I go
I am with myself
Do not grieve for me
As I know my true self.

I continue following the breath
As the body and mind fall away.