The First and Only Happening 
 
When the moment is lived 
Only by itself 
Without belonging to anything but itself 
Then the story of my life 
Is as amazing to me whenever I see it 
As it is to anyone else 
The story is there only when there is thinking 
The actual happening is only ever now 
And contrary to what the thinking mind may say about it later 
It happens entirely by itself 
And it occurs only presently 
Owing nothing of itself to time 
Such fresh innocent occurrence 
Is always new 
Is always the first occurrence 
Every occurrence is so 
Every happening is the first