Pain/Pleasure

we don’t know why
we are drawn to certain paths
we can’t control things that turn us on
it’s just the way we’re wired

we all need to share ourselves
we need community to be whole
nature’s callings don’t always
coincide with rules of society

pain inflicted by nature is physical
pain inflicted by people is spiritual
we need both to be complete
solitude balanced by community

life is in the balance life is the art
of taking passing pleasures
pleasures sometimes aligned with nature
sometimes with community

rarely with both
life’s keenest pleasures
are not always intellectual
nor always moral

nature’s callings don’t always
coincide with rules of society
we need both to be complete
solitude balanced by community

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