balance


many years now spent
in watchful wandering wonder, and
experiencing half emptiness


being in each moment, seeking
joy in complexity, and
experiencing half fullness


hurt when others were hurt
pleased when others succeeded, and
measuring everyone's points


suffering even in success
finding gain even in failure, and
feeling hopefully melancholic


always seeing the grey
in life's black and white



   1journey.net         oct 2012 elias
to daughter on birthday #40
who always loved the tiajitu
but saw the missing grey.