The Hermit and the Wizard

I know of a wizard

Who casts sun upon stone

Along the riverside

He goes not alone

I know of a hermit

Who wears a gentle smile

Moonlight in her eyes

Reflecting a thousand miles

Could it be so?

Nothing is undone

The light meets the shade

Dancing as one

This becomes that

Above is below

Side by side 

They come and they go

Along the path

To practice the way

Light fades to shadow

Night melts into day

Shining vibrantly outward

Over the land

Silently looking inward

They quietly understand

They do not meet

They do not part

Each holding the other

A seed in the heart

They dwell together

Within one and all

Summer through Winter

Spring to the Fall

To the sun and the moon

So the great mother sang

The hermit is Yin

The wizard is Yang

© \ / John Patrick Heiserman