Between You and Me
Between you and me,
I like to go headlong into the foray,
then retreat and pretend a battle was won
even if all was lost.
Between you and me,
I think life to be unfair,
far from illusion or child's games,
suffering is when we feel real.
Between you and me,
Pain is not a laughing matter,
however its throbs get our attention,
and seek relief for the way we feel.
Between you and me,
a warrior is always questioning
what is real - what is my fiction?
Only to keep things in perspective.
Between you and me,
I'm looking forward to the credits
rolling down the screen,
more than the ending of the story.
Between you and me,
the ending doesnt matter,
I want to know who wrote the script,
the mastermind of my own undoing.
Between you and me,
we'll think we know what we wish for
ask for it with an intense desire,
only to be damned by those desires.
Between you and me,
our likenesses far outweigh
our differences and polarities,
much more than we realize.
Between you and me,
there's always a lamp in the darkness
somewhere - either erected in a street,
or a hermit on a mountaintop holding one.
Between you and me,
the void doesn't appeal to me,
I only sit in silence,
so I may hear the true voice whisper.
Between you and me,
I'd like to see Narcissus embrace Echo,
stop being such a fool
denying the beloved who is within him.
Between you and me,
answers are only sought
as remedies for our complexities,
they dont remove difficulties - just enlighten them
Between you and me,
I'm weary of the third rock from the sun,
yet I love it like a lover,
because I'm not very far from the sun.
Between you and me,
I ache for spring during winter,
fall during the peak of summer,
the extremes of seasons dont appeal to me.
Between you and me,
an endless road is tiring,
walking, walking,
I'm ready to take flight.
Between you and me,
birds have it better,
they can go anywhere,
with a little patience and strength.
Between you and me,
sometimes I love the game
othertimes the mystery,
oftentimes the final unfolding.
Between you and me,
we haven't run out of songs yet
or poetry - or paintings,
art lives and continues to reveal us.
Between you and me,
I sometimes scoff at the sages,
who said all is illusion and they're really alone,
when so many lives are bustling all over the globe.
Between you and me,
I feel badly for people who die alone,
without anyone by their bedside,
with six billion people such a thing shouldn't happen.
Between you and me,
I feel even worse for an individual dying
with twenty thousand at their bedside,
but God is nonexistent and didnt attend the death.
Between you and me,
while I'm not afraid of darkness
and do my best work in it,
I know I shouldn't get to comfortable there.
Between you and me,
music is the only thing which keeps us grounded in flight
humor is the only thing which keeps us sane when faced with turmoil
love is the only thing that will ever free us from any wars.
Between you and me,
the red pandas chase the males from their territory
and argue back with them,
thus I regard them as highly intelligent creatures.
Between you and me,
so many mask we wear
a pantomime of roles and scenes we play out
underneath it all we only have one true face.
Between you and me,
there are countless buddhas,
but they share only one heart,
and compassion is its name.
Between you and me,
I'd rather see dragonflies dance,
spin and swirl in the sunshine,
than fly on a plane myself overlooking the globe.
Between you and me,
not all cliffs are meant to be leaped from,
not all oceans are meant to be swam,
not all lovers are meant to be together.
Between you and me,
my soul is both two and one,
my god is within and without,
my life is surreal and real enough.
Between you and me,
not all shepherds know
how to lead a flock to safety
or care if one strays into the wild.
Between you and me,
leaves crumble into dust,
once they fall, they cannot reattach,
but they can be born again if they wish.
Between you and me,
we can shape a stone into a statue,
turn back the hands of a clock,
replant an uprooted tree if we wish.
Between you and me,
all is one yet so many,
countless countless
endless endless....
