Janus

The human mind-

The worlds greatest paradox.

It contains simultaneously

Joy at a wedding,

But sadness as the spouse

Walks away, to leave the home

Of their ancestors forever.

At the birth of a child

We feel terror at the prospect of

Becoming parents, yet

Unbelievable ecstasy

At the new life now

Crying to the world.

How can one person

Experience such contradictory

Emotions?

A mound of tissue smaller than

A loaf of bread

Can contain a million

Thoughts, a million different

Facets of human emotion,

That pull us in a galaxy of

Directions, and it seems

As if we will be torn to shreds,

But still we manage to hold

It all together.

How do we do it?