No violence,

No peace!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No female,

No male!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No darkness,

No light!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No expression,

No suppression!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No old,

No young?

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No exhaustion,

No rest!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No hubris,

No humility!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No pain,

No pleasure!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No hate,

No love!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No death,

No life!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No ‘one,’

No ‘too!’

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

No duality,

No singularity!

Can we have ‘won,’

Without the other?

‘Know!’

(Copyright 2006, F.A. Hutchison, Shanghai, China)