Just Being

How liberating it is 
to lay aside
the restriction of just being [Dave]
the handcuffs of just being [male]
How liberating it is 
to escape
the prison of just being [American]
[educated]
[adult]
[liberal]
[buddhist]
How free it feels
to cast off all
limiting labels
To settle quietly
into being
and 
neither expanding
nor contracting
neither changing
nor becoming
neither coming
nor going
yet
having those tight
life choking
shackles
dissolve
into both
everything
and nothing
into neither
everything
nor nothing
simply
into
who
i
really
am