Alphabet Meditation Verses: X

X marks the spot, the place to look:
my own experience—
not what I hear from others
of what they think is best;

not my unexamined notions
about how things should be;
not beguiling, anguished stories
of the illusion that is “me”;

nor any stories that go beyond
mere facts of observation
save those I carefully reason through
and hold with reservation—

but just my truth, even if I see
something I don’t want to feel:
because then I can make my choices
based on what is real.

My own, actual experience
beneath the story-sand
is where I’ll find my power.
Here I look, and here I stand.