Flowers for the Conscience
For every yin
there is a yang.
For every flower that blossoms in the dawn of spring
there is one that faces the touch of death.
It is not how the flower is in its state of being,
but how one interprets it.
The eyes, the mind, the soul.
They give you the opportunity to feel the Tao.
Eyes, the gateway to the outside world.
The complex mind controlled by the soul.
Gives perception,
the greatest gift to humans.
Perception is our connection to the Tao.
We seem to see only the yin or the yang of every situation.
A lively flower or the dull one.
One must see both the yin and yang
to feel the connection and the presence of the Tao.
It is only you, your conscience
that can lead you to this eternal Tao.
Not the blistering summer heat
nor the icy winds of winter
can change that flower.
Only you can.
I enjoyed the use of the flower metaphor throughout the piece. It provided a good comparison for a specific object with the broad theme. Enjoyed the theme of an beginning and end
ReplyDeleteI like how you tied in our previous unit of perception into your poem to help with expressing the main ideas of the Tao.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you were able to capture the real message of the Tao, and put it in a unique way that really flows well. It provided strong clearance between the good and the bad, but also connected the two together. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI liked how you embodied yin and yang in a way that wasn't too direct, with the flower metaphor.
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