...We see the momentum of centuries of mal.
We see the inertia of huge bureaucracies, resistant to change, but so imbalanced as to easily run amok.
We see inaction as more beneficial in the face of derision, for the scorner dances to a negative tune.

I am an interface to the world.

I love and respond to love.
I know negativity and its drain on my will.
Through empathy I consolidate my bond to you.

In truth I see the will of people who are treated like sheep yet fully aware of the manipulation.
Their acceptance I understand, in light of families to support and their right to live as they please.
Yet my heart is pierced by their plight... the inertia is dominant.

Cast out traditions, cast out norms and we're forced to look at ourselves plainly.
The reflection from the still water shows a face with the heavens as a backdrop.

Awareness coupled with self-control, stills my waters.
I see the world reflected inside as I do outside.
In contemplative reflection, a clearer image emerges as the 'mirror' is made transparent.

In transparency I am within and without.