Ali Walks Around

We leave our bodies when we create fantasies,

take photos of ourselves,

or dream up expectations.

Those acts see our Selves

outside of our bodies

rather than as the subjects.

When in fact,

we are the camera,

not the photo.

Let’s write poetry

and burn it.

Let’s learn instruments

and play alone in the mountains.

Let’s stay in our bodies.

We should only observe our Selves

from an outside perspective

like a wise ancestor looking down

or a curious child looking up.