gnosis

Life is a riddle and a game
The answers to the questions aren't the same
All the time.
How will you know what you seek
Will be the same next year, next month, next week?
All things change.
You cannot take a book from off the shelf
Because the answers are within yourself.
How will you know?

When you see the sun dissolve in flame
And the moon and stars the Cosmos tame
Then you will know.
When you hear the sounds of the wild
And the cry of a new-born child
Then you will know.
When you look into the eyes so bright
Of the one you love through day and night
Then you will know.
When you see the clouds and foaming see,
A thousand birds upon the estuary.
When you hear some music so sublime,
A thousand notes in perfect pitch and time.
When you feel the tenderness and joys
Of a thousand kisses love employs
Then you will know.
When you see your work come to success
And your feelings you cannot express
Then you will know.
When you are with friends both loyal and true,
Those who through the years have cared for you
Then you will know.
When you sit alone or lie at ease
And the wind is whistling in the trees
Then you will know.