Life was simple.
Not easy
but simple:
hunger
desire
jealousy
pleasure
shame
fear
love
etc.
Simple.
Life was orderly.
Not organized
but orderly:
start young
grow up
grow old
and go.
This year
fades into next year.
Orderly.
Life was balanced.
Not fair
but balanced:
male/female
young/old
fat/skinny
wealthy/poor
healthy/sick
disciplined/wild
sensible/crazy
complacent/desperate.
Balanced.
It's not that I long for those days.
But the endless, tangled strands
of the maze in which we now live,
this bewildering
exhausting
unending
knot
of not
knowing...
