Circling [June 2002]

Back and forth and up and down
Wall to wall, sky to ground
Where to go, where to run
When ground is sky and up is down?

Dark and light and left and right
Night to day, black to white
What to do, what to say
When white is black and wrong is right?

Names and masks and truth and lies
Play to work, fools to wise
Who to trust, who to be
When truths are masks and names are lies?

Death and life and loss and gain
Breath to blood, free to chains
How to think, how to live
When life is death and joy is pain?