I was a man recounting stories, living out "as ifs"....

I was a man
recounting stories
living out 'as ifs'
...creating,
encountering
exploring, experimenting with...

the possibilities within
the options without...

Travelling through
the labyrinths of my own creation,
...somewhere on the way,
I stumbled across
this Truth within:
...that!

I do not find myself
in the stories I recount,
the options I create
the possibilities I perceive...

but
discovering myself
is an unending pilgrimage
of becoming aware
of the processes..
...which create my illusions,
my make-believe identities
- and my random stories...

-May 6th, '87