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The poetic city: “False Englightenment”

Nov 01, 2021 • Creative Writing

The balance of meditation (Photo: Pexels)

False Enlightenment    
 
I read a book 
about meditation 
by an authority 
in the field… 
 
Where I learned 
that everything I do 
when I meditate 
is wrong…
 
And the enlightenment 
I experience 
when I meditate 
is false…
 
All of which 
has made
the experience 
of meditation 
all the more 
delicious to me.
 
Reece Burka
7/15/2021
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