Witness by Valerie Parente

What is a world
if it has no witness?
This whole big universe
and if consciousness didn’t exist
neither would it.


Reality without mind
means no here or this
no big picture to see
without awareness.

So the next time you feel the slightest bit blue
remember every single beautiful thing that is, was, and will ever be
means nothing without you.

– Valerie Parente (2-21-2026)