Paul Goldman - Straitjacket of Belief

With my arms tightly bound,
that which I cling to ensnares me.

The harder I try to escape,
the more entangled and trapped

I become.

As I let go of the serious need
to struggle, Houdini enters

the scene and that which binds me
comes free. I cannot know what

I do not know. Keeping my mind
open, I am in possession of the

magician’s secret tools needed to
break free of all chains, that I imagine

confine me.  In truth, to the degree
that I implode all belief within me,

and simply settle into what is going
on in the sanctity of this serene

uncomplicated moment, I am unbound
from the straitjacket of belief.

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