Night and Light. Poem by Xiaojin Jin

Night and Light

Night is long as the light is alone,

night is a song as the light is a gong,

night is gone as the light is dawn.

Night is wisdom as the light is freedom,

night is nonrandom as the light is random,

night is king: light the rebel.

Night is a king as the light is a ring,

night is ending as the light is accumulating.

Night is simplifying as the light is amplifying.

What light gives us is not merely a ray,

what night gives us is not merely a break.

What night gives light is not merely coverage,

what light gives night is not merely salvage.

What light gives me is not merely a greeting in the night,

what night gives me is not merely some hope for the light.

If one cannot get used to the night,

one cannot be friends with the light.