On Seeing and Being Seen

An Ikigai poem.

Dec 30, 2022

Photo by Kasper Rasmussen on Unsplash

Connection

Good things happen when we genuinely connect with another human being. We uncover a bit about another person, and they uncover a bit about themselves.

In this uncovering, we help each other reveal our Ikigai, our purpose, our calling.

I See You

by Gideon Heugh1

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I see you - there in the shattered you
looking for you; seeking yourself 
in the can't-cope of it; 
the never ending weary of it. 
I see you -  desperate for your soul 
to be more of a solid thing; to be found 
amid the pantheon of the real. 
I see you -  wondering if God 
is just a translucence of a dream. 
I have been there in the lostness; 
I have tangled with the shadows; 
I will tell you -  won't you know it? –
that something is reaching for your hand

If we are lucky, we uncover a bit about ourselves along the way.

I see you.