I laugh that I have cried

[Phaedron]

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 when its hot and seek warmth when in the snow!
Were I to shine within the darkness, would I be blinded by the light?
Or go 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...

 

[Ithought]

I took rest under shadow of a big tree in a road.
The tree didn’t say anything but whistled.

 

[Phaedron]

You are one place, then another. This is inevitable after all.
Movement. Also the return of that which we give.
The stars can't shine until the sky is painted black.
Here and there, either way aware.

 

[Phaedron]

Looking back, I think I was indicating to myself that I would forever be wandering in circles... or that the grass would always be greener...