Black and White - Duality

This is a illustration for a poem I wrote back in March of 2005. But it serves to illustrate the duality of the 'black/white' concept as well. Here is the poem:

Duality

In the darkness, I am the light,
in the light, I keep to the shadows.
Two hands have I,
with one, I draw inward,
with the other, I disperse outwards.
Give and take,
and the balance is kept.
Where is the delicate balance-point -
neither to lean too much
this way or that?
My sense of balance is within.
I walk the line,
the delicate wire
and know the leverage point
is within.
From this,
all else proceeds.
I remain on my own feet,
being and doing.

JAL, 3 -24 -05, revised 3-28-05

   

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