Today -

I just want to listen

to you, him and her

for I've nothing of worth

to offer, 

or to speak to any

for all I expressed before

was mere broth

it sizzled succulently

of tales ego wove

to set forth illusion

it'd imagined for self

and now that its gone

its still

and aware to pain

that’s there 

to linger a while ....

wanting me to savour

and forever remember 

the sweet after-taste 

of what remains now of me -

here I alone

am the I, me, mine

of existence over time

I was meant to perceive

in its entirety

so in silence 

here and now

I just wanna be.