Mystery

Light that I see outside

Drags me toward obfuscation, 

Delving into darkness inside

I feel the warmth of illumination. 

I have a sense of despair with

The successes and failures

I experience outside, 

But with the ones I invoke inside

I am overwhelmed, gratified. 

The realities I seize outside

Drown me to an abyss of falsehood, 

But the ones I witness inside

Deliver me to the garden of truth. 

With more of possession I acquire

Outside, I become poorer, sadder, 

The endless wealth I discover

Inside makes me richer, happier. 

I may win or lose the wars I engage outside, 

But I inevitably become a victim, 

I emerge as a winner and take pride

When I conquer myself from within.