Empty Path

There is no path.... Is there?

Walking my path

my journey winds on

like the river I often stopped by

to watch its never ending flow

sitting under the shade of the universe

I wondered to myself

"why do I follow this path

for the path is an illusion

and I am blind, for the path is never as long as it is wide"

"but I do not follow the path" I thought

"I walk it new with each step

I go not where the path leads

but create the path as I go"

confused I stopped

and for an instant there was no path

behind me was nothing but my past

ahead was nothing but my future

no matter where I looked nothing existed

I closed my eyes and I was revealed

at that moment I saw myself in the universe

I saw the universe in myself

there is no path to follow

there is no path that has been walked

there is only the moment between each step of life each breath of life

when I opened my eyes I saw life with each breath

it was nothing, it was all and so was I

so I continued my walk

but now I had nowhere to go