Only amist the unknown can you be known.
Only after you walk alone,
can you walk with others,
unbiased, impartial, and understanding
Only once you have faced the turmoil of your inner being,
can you find peace.
Only once you have found the Tao,
the only importance,
can you let go of the unimportant.
Only Once you Have fallen,
can you learn to get up.
Only once you have been enchained,
can you learn to break free.
I really like your repetition of "only once", and your comparison of opposites was interesting.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you embodied the original idea of opposites that we saw in the original poem, but put your own twist into it!
ReplyDeleteI like this poem a lot! I like how you made the last line separate from the poem, it shows how important it is
ReplyDeleteI like the repetitive use of saying the opposites for each of the main ways of the Tao, it helped me to further understand the first set of poems that we read.
ReplyDeleteI really like how yo formatted your poem and how you put the last line separate from the rest.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you actually wrote your poem in the style of the Tao poems that we read. Also, the last two lines of your poem really wrap up the whole idea very well.
ReplyDeleteI like how you repeatedly used the word 'only' to make opposite pairs.
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