Happiness & Sorrow

Happiness and Sorrow from immemorial time
Have been two sides of the same coin
Manifesting the qualities of each within
The dividing line is very thin

The mind perceives them to be the same
From the depths of the heart they both came
While one skips in gleeful delight
The other walks in stumbling fright

They face each other in a battle unkind
Each is born with an effort of the mind
One shimmers in the general plan of life
The other distorts the clarity of strife

They are in conflict on an emotional plane
The tools are different the destination same
To express they are both made

Let go of them is life's debt paid