finally.

Rhyme n reason
Past n present
Love n hate
Pain n joy
Fear n hope
Relaxed n anxious
Drunk n sober
Pagan n spiritual
New n old
Time n stress
Wife n kids
Good n bad
Friends n family
Sickness n healing
Broke n rich
Happy n sad
Flying n grounded
Washed n dirty
All the opposites
Forcing n fighting their way from inside out
Tearing n groping
Wanting their way
Insisting on it
Be one – be the other
One must conqour
One must lose
You must
You can
You will
You donkey!
But:
See the pattern
Read the writings
Quote the masters
Sing the songs
Watch the stars
Say the prayers
Light the candles
Memorize the texts
Perform the ritual
Wash in the river
Wait
Look
See
All is necessary
part of the big picture
that we cannot hope to see
the darkened mirror . . .
what unites us
is far
far greater than what keeps us apart
what heals us
is often right
in the eyes
of
our friends.

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