When a stick casts its shadow,

at the dawn,

and sees itself in light

bigger than itself

not realising it’s height

It thinks.

 

I am so beautiful

I am so tall

I am so wise

I am so nice

 

When the sun goes up,

heat scorches the earth,

it loses its height,

it looses its perception of the self

and it comes to know

 

I am so nothing.

I didn’t even exist.

I didn’t even matter.