No Loneliness, No Companionship


She told me she never feels lonely

Never feels the need for any companion

But truth be told, I, too, am like that

Never feel lonely, never need companionship

Though lately I have felt the need for companionship

But less than such a need it was more of a need in me to respond

To the need for companionship that I saw in the other

Maybe such a need in the other was what I merely imagined

But however much company we can give to each other

In the end it unravels, for one reason or another

And thereby we learn to find our way by ourselves

So that we learn that we are complete in ourselves

Not needing another to complete us in any manner–

“Oṃ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate

Pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate

Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ”.

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