The Map is Not The Territory

The map is Not the Territory

The map is not the territory
But a referent to the place referred,
My words are what go on “in here”
Not “out there”.
I’m unable to fathom “all”
I see the world as “I'” am, not as “it” is;  
behind my” eyes” the “I” that
Does the seeing;
You are not my suffering
My thoughts the suffering,
Your words, your actions but
Referents that I buy into,
My language imperfect
What goes on distorted and
Misrepresented
We create our own hell

Kbris 2006