it’s become apparent

that my beliefs

belong to others

every thought

each action

triggered

by a past experience

something I’ve read

heard

or seen

there is nothing original

in being a non-conformist

for even that now

is simply conforming to non-conformity

this too does not originate

from me but from another

so perhaps it is not

in ideas

or language

that we are unique

it must be

in that other place

beyond words

beyond the edge of our skin

out in the far reaches

where what’s in the skull

is quiet for a moment

where we connect

with all that is

all that ever was

or ever will be

with the all of all

(D James)