The universe is in focus,
Right now and right here.
There is no hocus pocus,
No illusion of far and near.

Every planet, every being,
Every eye that’s anywhere,
Everybody who is seeing,
Aware that they are there.

The focus of the universe
Is in your own mind’s eye.
Alive for better or worse,
We lose the focus and die.

(Published by Lone Stars Poetry Magazine, Spring 2018)