-- The Eternal Paradox --

John Herlihy

Idle living is a question;

Focused living is an answer.

We act upon what we know;

We play act upon what we don’t know.

We believe in the reality;

But we don’t know what the reality is

We disbelieve the dream;

We do know what the dream is.

We all live by a measure of faith;

We all differ on the meaning of faith.

How fleeting is time;

Yet how time drags.

In the darkness of night,

We are longing for moonlight.

In the brightness of day,

We seek shadows amid the light.

The coming of dawn,

Speaks of renewal and ascent.

The coming of twilight,

Speaks of departure and descent.

The dark face of the storm

Portends fear and disaster.

The bright face of sunshine

Portends growth and hope.

The future is always arriving;

The past is always departing.

No matter how disconnected we feel;

We are all connected in fact.

In childhood, thirsting for fulfillment;

In old age, thirsting for redemption.

Paradox helps us understand;

The choices at our command.

The human paradox,

That we know nothing of what we know.

The eternal paradox,

That we know how little we do know.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Saturday 10 July 2021