The Balance
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when the wheat
is sorted to chaff
and the grain
is drafted for bread
then life
again shows its nature
its necessary contrast
of yin and yang
as the grain cannot exist
without the chaff
neither can good
manifest without the bad
neither can light
manifest without the dark
this is the weight
this is the depth
this is the mystery
this is the meaning
this is the balance
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rob kistner © 2020
Beautifully said Rob.
Thank you Christine.
This is beautifully mystifying, Rob. There must be different balances in our nature, for without it, what can there be for any symbiosis? This is very thought-provoking, enriched with profundity and balance of the world and its ways. Brilliantly penned!
Thank you so much Lucy… 🙂
Mesmerizing repetition combined with apt comparisons. 🙂 I like the phrase about grain being “drafted for bread.”
Thank you Rose … and now I know your name. 🙂
So nicely done, Rob.
Thank you Kim… 🙂
oh wow. the repetition of lines felt heavier and heavier and heavier. profound, Rob. Glad you churned two wheat poem 🙂
Thank you Rose. Your wheat prompt inspired a most satisfactory poem harvest for me… 🙂
Deep thoughts on balance, every bit as delicate and tenuous as the photograph! Bravo
Thank you very much Bev! 🙂
Well-said, Rob.
Thanks Lisa… 🙂
I feel that we need to realize the balance… when all is milk and honey we just end up obese..
…and sticky! 😉