Us, the Universe

We are not independent observers,

inside the universe

but separate from it. 

No, we are the universe,

for a moment taking the form

of a sentient being.

When we look around us,

from the grass on the ground

to the stars above

we are looking at ourselves.

When we try to understand

the universe
we are trying

to understand ourselves.

27.06.2013

These are not my own, independent thoughts. Many people have written such things before and although I share this view I express in the poem, I am following a well traveled path.