Question

I asked God yesterday
To tell me about death
And I’d tell him about life.
Tell me about freedom
And I’d tell him about bondage.
Tell me about blue
And I’d tell him about grey
Tell me about reality
And I’d tell him about illusions.
Tell me about eternity.
And I’d tell him about a second…
He smiled and he shook his head.
Stupid, he said,
They are all one.
If you know about life,
You’ll know about death.
There is no knowing one without knowing the other.
Opposites are nothing but two edges of a stretch
That’s within your grasp.
If one edge is near,
Pull the rest in.
You’ve known all along.