If you would live joyfully in this world
don’t apply “my own” to anything.
They will roast your skull till it smokes,
so let’em go as “their own.” Don’t bind

them as “mine” under ego’s power,
you’ll be stressed, confused, even go crazy.
At the least you’ll be a caged pigeon
ever cooing “koo … koo” over and over.*

You can find, acquire, use, eat whatever,
and as much as you need until satisfied,
without ever regarding and grasping any
of it as “me,” “mine,” or “my own.”

* In Thai, a coarse form of “I.”