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No View From Nowhere

There is not
Has never been
Will never be

A perspective
From nowhere

To believe
That there is, can be
Has been
Some perspective of
Or from —

Science, history
Evolutionary, cosmic
Transcendental
Religious
Even God’s

That does not originate in
Is not situated in
Is not singular to
Each particular form

Is dissociation
Is the birthplace
The origin
Of violence

Seeing through
And from
One’s own eyes alone
Without displacing oneself
In a floating perspective
Is not narcissism
Nor solipsism

But the only individuation
Integration, self-realisation
Embodiment
There is

Without which
No true understanding
No sympathy
No compassion
No love
And no reverence

For and toward oneself
Or another
Is possible

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