01/06/2026
“Yin Yang”
I find it so strange,
how my feelings can have such a range.
How can I feel sad?
As if I were a ladybug crawling in a birds nest.
Out of sorts in a foreign place, overwhelmed at the size, just a tiny spec disappearing without a trace.
How can I feel depressed?
As if I were living my life as a nomad.
Wondering aimlessly through a desert Patagonian,
searching for my spot, my paradise, a little piece of heaven.
How can I feel scared of what I am doing?
As if I were a child trying to go sailing.
Struggling all on my own,
a ship lost in a storm without a compass facing the unknown.
Are my decisions right or are they wrong?
Will it take me where I belong?
How can I have all those feelings of question and despair,
While also having feelings which is hard to compare.
A burning hope deep inside,
as if I were a firefly who’s light becomes a guide.
In the darkness the light shines bright,
giving life a beautiful sight.
The feeling of comfort
As if I were a baby holding its soother giving support.
A blanket so soft and warm,
the same as home sweet home.
The feeling of happiness and contentment.
As if I were a vision of a footprint.
A path giving directions of where to go,
not worrying about the pace even it be ever so slow.
How can I have two opposite sides?
Both can appear and neither hides.
Is it the balance they call yin and yang?
Or is it from being my mum and dad’s offspring?
Is it that I’ve learned to let go of where I think I should be?
Giving in to life’s plans, life’s destiny?
What ever the reason I am truly blessed,
that I have both the yin and the yang so I can appreciate life struggles and gifts even though it makes my thoughts run without any rest.
Life rarely asks us to be one thing at a time.
- Shantiii x3
