The perception of the act is the act

 

from this week in August, 1998  (I was 53)

 

The perception of the act is the act

The individual reality is the perception

Whether the act itself is an individual reality

is unknown beyond perception

 

Your perception of the act is one act

My perception of the act is another act

The perceptions involve physical equipment

light eye nerve brain

The perceptions involve intent

involve motive involve introspective capability

involve the weather

So the act itself

as a measurement of forces

is an unsettling exercise

 

Whether I acted out of obligation

Ignorance enthusiastic self interest

love self-defense regret or hope

is lost in the hard-polished stones of perception

in the blinding reflections off one another