seeing things as they are

when there is anger (or joy, or whatever might be)
one does not look for the opposite
one does not seek to control or suppress
but one sees what is, observes it
sees it, as it is, with no judgment;
and one understands that which is there
and so one has no theories
and a history and a future and a past;
and one is not drawn to charming philosophies
or lofty schemes and grand heaven-ascending plans
proffered most seductively or threateningly…
and so one sees as things are