LIFE IN THE BALANCE


Man is a mixture:
Part angel, part beast.
Gazing at stars
With his feet in the mud.
One end making shit,
The other great language such as
No dog has or ever will.

In the mind of a man
Are dueling drives:
To fuck what he can,
And build cathedrals
So the species may live
And then smiling,
Might transcend itself.

We make much noise
On matters of state.
If to wage war
Or learn peace.
To build more stuff
Or let nature be,
As if we had a choice.

Between Sparta and Athens
We surge like tides.
Defending in fear,
Hoping for love.
Working to survive,
Then to create beauty.
As it was, so shall it be.

Night and day,
Winter/Spring.
Call it drama, if you will.
Go with the flow,
Yet always know:
The goal is neither end.
In medio stat virtus.

"By Dan O'Neill"


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