would you not try?

by susanna fournier // 2021

If you

one day

came to see

the mind

trapped

in the prison

of these eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind

would you not try

to free it?

If you saw

this endless cycle

of minds

birthing

and dying,

chasing

this way that

for happiness,

always searching,

would you not try

for freedom?

If you came to know

such freedom

could be found,

could be known,

would you not try

to know it?

Would you not walk

through deserts

and dark woods

no matter the distance?

Would you not try

to drop this heavy

thing your life

to transcend the world

once you knew

it was possible

to one day

be light?

Would you not try?