The reality that I witness
As the object experience
Can very well be unreal
Illusory and nonexistent

All that I have to do
Is to ask this question
Of each outward experience
Of each object perception

To whom is it directed
Who is really the subject
Who is really the recipient
Of this thought project

There is only one answer
Only one possible solution
It is for the Self which exists
And which can exist in isolation

Rest all are images, impermanent
Illusory, fleeting, transient
Dreams, waking dreams, thoughts
Which shatter before coming to rest

Leaving the active mind
In absolute total silence
Which I can observe as a witness
From a state of detachment

And then this too must dissolve
Leaving only pure awareness
Couched in a state of permanence
Engulfed in infinite happiness

Subir Chakraborty
16th Jan 2021