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By Christi Ortiz

Everything an illusion.
All things subsumed
in the Void.
Emptiness,
the only thing
that stays the same.

The ego, a delusion.
Attachments, the chains.
Freedom, found in sight,
in letting go
into the Void.

Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist by profession and a poet by passion.  She enjoys trying to put to words to that which is wordless and give voice to the dynamic and wild spiritual journey called life. She lives in Spokane with her husband and two children, Emmanuel and Grace. She loves the outdoors and meditating in the early mornings which gives rise to her poetry.
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