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Nothing Belongs to me

Nothing belongs to me,
Self-manifesting phenomena,
arise and fade of their own accord.
Claimed: they linger unnaturally –
spoiling or shriveling like dried flowers.

Nothing belongs to me,
I have never had a birth or death,
I have never had a friend or ever been alone
I have never even taken a single breath,
I have never been a disciple,
I have never had a Guru,

Nothing belongs to me,
not even these words,
not even this realization.

In this freefall – nothing is my own,
even my true nature is simply self-manifest