Just a little something I came up with this morning in my usual delerious misadventures of insomnia.
Were I to laugh that I have cried, would I cry that I have laughed?
Or claim that I hide, but hide my claims as if aghast!
Were I to dream that I were sleeping would I wake to be awake?
Or awaken to the dreaming of a dreaming wakened state!
Were I to ponder what I seek would I only seek to ponder?
Or gaze entrails beyond the wails of seven veils over yonder!
Were I to dance as if a dream, would I dream that I have danced?
Or take a glance, in a trance, till I found a new romance!
Were I to know what I question, would I question what I know?
Or stay oblivious in the heat, but warming in the snow!
Were I to shine within the darkness, would I be blinded by the light?
Or longing, yet belonging, to ceaseless wonders of delight!
Were I to find what I have hidden, would I hide what I have found?
Or brave the noisy land of silence where I dare not make a sound!
Were I to think about a feeling, would I feel that I have thought?
Or contradict the teachings of all that I've been taught!
Were I to die so that I live, would I live so that I die?
Or live forever in the wind, in the blinking of an eye!
Were I to sing what I praise, would I praise what I have sung?
Or lament the fading glory of all that went undone...
Were I to laugh that I have cried, would I cry that I have laughed?
Or claim that I hide, but hide my claims as if aghast!
Were I to dream that I were sleeping would I wake to be awake?
Or awaken to the dreaming of a dreaming wakened state!
Were I to ponder what I seek would I only seek to ponder?
Or gaze entrails beyond the wails of seven veils over yonder!
Were I to dance as if a dream, would I dream that I have danced?
Or take a glance, in a trance, till I found a new romance!
Were I to know what I question, would I question what I know?
Or stay oblivious in the heat, but warming in the snow!
Were I to shine within the darkness, would I be blinded by the light?
Or longing, yet belonging, to ceaseless wonders of delight!
Were I to find what I have hidden, would I hide what I have found?
Or brave the noisy land of silence where I dare not make a sound!
Were I to think about a feeling, would I feel that I have thought?
Or contradict the teachings of all that I've been taught!
Were I to die so that I live, would I live so that I die?
Or live forever in the wind, in the blinking of an eye!
Were I to sing what I praise, would I praise what I have sung?
Or lament the fading glory of all that went undone...