Unhand the Poppet

Your view of yourself as if
From the outside is foolish
Except as a way to live

Among people who likewise
Are updating assessments
As if viewing from outside

Themselves their own lives. It’s worth
Updating as survival
Strategy, but it’s no way

To live—that is, if you want
To appreciate living.
Viewed from inside, the world’s worth

Everything it’s worth to you.
From the outside, you’re puppet
Jostling among puppeteers.