Who is asking to be born again?
Poems on Illness, Impermanence and the Dharma Path.
This book was shaped by discomfort-not just of the body, but of certainty. Illness disrupted everything familiar, and in that space, I turned to the Dharma-not for answers, but for a different kind of seeing.
“What if the real question… isn’t who you are
but who is asking to be born again?” In Buddhism, we call this samsara-the endless cycle of becoming. Birth. Death. Rebirth.
Illness stripped everything familiar from me.
Not just comfort. Certainty. The plans.
The identity. The illusion of control.
And in that unraveling… I didn’t look for answers.
I turned to the Dharma for insights. The Buddha taught non-self-that there isn’t a fixed, permanent identity behind all this. Just causes. Conditions. Patterns continuing.
Buddhist poetry allows what’s unresolved to rest in stillness. These verses are not conclusions but contemplations—meant to be felt, questioned, and returned to.
It’s poetry shaped by discomfort. By stillness. By the space between pain and presence. This book isn’t here to give you answers. Maybe just asking the question is enough.
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Who is asking to be born again?
Kyle Neo Author & Publisher
Paperback
Size 14.8 x 21 x 0.5 CM.
ISBN 9789819437221
