Yin and Yang

Witness the mountain

Standing majestic and timeless

Deep at the core, so hard to know

Presenting a picture of power

So solid and strong

Loving the stream that travels below

At his base, the stream flows

Dancing, swirling, lightly skipping
Playful and laughing, tickling his toes

Bubbling with laughter, happy and joyful

Splashing her love on the mountain above

All of her favor on him she bestows

But when the stream runs too wildly

Her touch heavy-handed

Her swelling caresses feeling like blows
She scares him away
With love felt too intensely

She  pushes his heart to a place it can’t go

Yet sometimes it ends
In ways just the opposite.

Sometimes it’s he
Who overpowers with love

Rushing at her with torrents too heavy

Flooding her soul with too much to hold

Here lies the challenge
For the mountain and stream

It’s all about balance, the to and the fro

The grand waltz between lovers
The yin and the yang, the yes and the no
The delicate marriage of the stop and the go

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This is my offering for One Shot Poetry.