Extreme

[cyber_pilgrim]

All of these poems were written in the early 70's.

Extreme.

Would we know that lemons were sour
if nothing that grows was sweet?
Would there be any sense of success
if no-one had suffered defeat?

Would anyone know what peace was
if there had never been a war?
Would anyone know about less
if some of us didn't have more?

For insects that live just 24 hours
is there a sense of tomorrow?
If no-one had come to lend from us
we would not know how to borrow!

If we never bought anything new
then nothing would seem old!
Without feeling the heat of the day
would we know what it is to be cold?

When a blind man only feels the sun
can he possibly feel the moon?
Without there being a November
there could never be a June!

Where would the beautiful valleys be
without the majestic mountains?
And how would we know the comforts
without ever enduring the pains?

Without the depth of deep despair
how could we feel exstatic?
Without a negative and positive force
all of nature would just be static!