Soul Equilibrium

...a "Soul Journey" poem by Harlon Rivers

Glass half empty glass half full

The teeter totter goes up and down

Once left on a high wire balancing act

Falling helter skelter to the ground,

Vanishing without a trace… a safety net was ever found

Twin pan balancing scale

An icon that deliberates lost souls

Counterweight balancing scale weighs,

Which heart bares a heavier load?

When we’re young or when we grow old?

Pendulum swings to and fro

Balanced by continuum time

Pivot centers symmetry

Each gentle pendulum’s swing

Measures the rhythm of time

Seesaw ride goes up and down

Equilibrium in a paradox disguise

Opposite matching pairs balance

Steadiness lost … stability is found

While standing on uneven ground

Sense of balance resembles life’s emotions

Just look around, you’ll see

This long road we have traveled

Sometimes uphill … sometimes down

This journey is the destination until the final setting sun

Someday over the rainbow

We’ll know the reasons why

Glass half empty … glass half full?

Half of whole is twice as good

Symmetry of balance, keeps hope alive

While believing life’s cup

Feels nearly half empty

Come and fill it full to the brim

When this roller coaster ride brings you down

Look up for brightness shining down

When the seesaw’s drop

Brings you to your knees

Don’t surrender to gravity

Imagine a sense of balance

You will not drown…

Gravity will pull you down

Inertia of motion helps you fly

While this journey fluctuates

Pursue the conscious need for balance

Its how the heart and soul survives

© 2012 Harlon Rivers