Interbeing (Thay's Poem)

Interbeing

The sun has entered me.

The sun has entered me together with the cloud and the river.

I myself have entered the river,

and I have entered the sun

with the cloud and the river.

There has not been a moment

when we do not interpenetrate.

But before the sun entered me,

the sun was in me—

also the cloud and the river.

Before I entered the river,

I was already in it.

There has not been a moment

when we have not inter-been.

Therefore you know

that as long as you continue to breathe,

I continue to be in you.

Published in Thich Nhat Hanh, Call Me by My True Names (1993)