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Pendragon
01-01-2008, 12:01 PM
Yin Yang

The Universe depends on the premise that there remains balance—
For every action an equal and opposite reaction must take place.
The Earth hangs sparkling with lights like a blue and green chalice,
Slightly askew on it’s axis, yet in balance in outer space.
Nothing there is there does not have it’s opposite, fire has water,
Wind is blocked by stone, stone is consumed by fire, water carried by the wind.
Where good is there is evil, yet evil falls to good, which corrupts the matter,
And the two battle in ever constant combat—first one, then the other wins.
In the stretch to make us different, men they say are from Mars and Women from Venus,
Got to make that eternal balance come out somewhere, allowing for minor discord.
Recall the ones who had such Gods were children of Romulus and Remus:
This might help qualify for the relationships that seem to undermine the balance of the board.
Then despite Newton’s bold statements and Oriental Philosophy ‘s sweet calm transcendence:
Don’t you wonder if the world could ever truly exist in perfect balance?

Pendragon
© 1/1/08

TheFifthElement
01-01-2008, 12:07 PM
Ooh, I love the idea of the world as a cup, slightly offset, I can visualise it clearly. Are we threatening to spill over and be cast out, little dots of water spinning into space? What a lovely balanced poem Pen, nicely put as always :)

PrinceMyshkin
01-01-2008, 12:38 PM
Who better to converse with than some distant, hopefully sentient star that is staring back at you with questions of its own?

ampoule
01-01-2008, 01:45 PM
I love yin and yang. I think about them (it) all the time and I want to write about them. You did a wonderful job. And toward the middle there, I imagined the earth playing rock, paper, scissors...but with whom?

NikolaiI
01-26-2015, 03:48 PM
Nice, interesting poem from 7 years ago Pen :-)