Don't curse the darkness...

4th of July Fireworks as seen from LP Field, 2010

Something formless, complete in itself
There before Heaven and Earth
Tranquil, vast, standing alone, unchanging
It provides for all things yet cannot be exhuasted
It is the mother of the universe
I do not know what to call it, so I call it "Tao"

Forced to name it further, I call it
    "The greatness of all things"
    "The end of all endings"
I call it - 
    "That which is beyond the beyond"
    "That to which all things return"

Tao 25

touch, taste, feel
bones, skin, eyes
what are we?
are we only a living machine
a solitary figure in a game of no rules and no one watching?

what is life?
is it only the flash of a firefly in the desert night 
or am i only one of many lights in the light show fantastiquè
i cannot say for sure - maybe you can

but i know this
even if we are only a single burst in one fireworks display
i believe that our light and color will be long remembered
long after the shower of lights has faded away

dg


10/22