The Stunning Symmetry of Opposites

I thought this wasn’t enough.

I wasn’t terrified of death:

I was terrified that this was all there was

I was terrified that life might only be this

I was trying to survive on only one shore

Despite the waves carrying me relentlessly to the other

I didn’t understand that it’s enough just to be here

Today, I can’t find a difference between life and death

Life completes death, death completes life

The staggering completeness of it all, the stunning symmetry of opposites

There's black’s velvet comfort, white’s deep delight, such intimate exquisiteness
And nothing ever out of place

When You Let Life In

When you’re willing to give every single last thing

You’ll give up your bargaining, your frantic insisting

You’ll disband the border controls, dismantle the surveillance

And you’ll stop counting life in units of you

When you let life in

The door will open, and everything will hurt

so much that you’ll laugh helplessly

Open the door to love, and pain will come too

Open the door to pain, and love will inevitably follow