Let me see first

Let me see first.

Let me experience first.

Let me meet this moment
before I decide
what it is

Before I name it.

Before I place it
among what I already know.

Let me know that there
is still something new to encounter

if I stop thinking
I know.

Let me see the sky
for the first time

before I call it
something.

Let me feel the ache

before I give it
a name
or an origin.

Let me meet a person

before I determine
who they are.

Let me hear the music

before I decide
what it is.

Let me stand in the doorway
a little longer,

where existence
is asking
to be met.

Every moment
arrives carrying
something new,

but let me receive it

without greeting it with

a scent,
a history,
a conditioning,
a preference,
a fear,
a conclusion.

Let me see first.

Let me experience first.

Let me meet this moment
before I decide
what it is.