Oneness

If Oneness is the ocean,

And we but waves rolling free,

Then what we call our identity

Simply comes and goes,

Ever flowing

Onto the beach

Of our consciousness,

Rising like the sun to

Look out in wonder

On manifest creation before

Sinking back in Bliss,

Reabsorbed into the One

We play,

As children,

Where the waves

Meet the shore

We build castles

Made of sand

Watch them wash

Back out to sea

All things manifest

From this thin strand

We let go of our knowing

And simply Be

Steve Ryals

07.19.94

(Revised 06.29.05)