Equilibrium

There must be balance
in the life that we now lead
lest there be an imbalance, and all falls into disarray
and we are lost in mindless squalor
to escape from the chatter
of beings that have become mindless abstractions
Conniving to distract
from our inward bound endeavors
and to come yet again,
back into the light from the dark crevices of thoughts deep within.
Without one, the other becomes a void
into which we have fallen
given into that which has engulfed us like a mighty ocean
with no dike to hold back the crashing breakers.
For there must be the dry land,
that rests on heaving, living water
The tunnels left open for the rushing sensation to flow as free as the open sky
while at times, there is the dank murkiness of desolation.
And then too, there is empathy,
that cannot be sought, but is found in one place that is closest
To bring equal weight to the practicalities
solutions to every problem
And so, without these, hope there is none,
For the walls have been broken.