Human Condition Ball
There is a party and we must attend it
No-one can on another this duty pawn
We mewl as though a defenseless kit
As good host Time marches in and on
With Time walks ever-partner Change
We hope: may the two ne'er part
Across the floor she may range
But to Time she's bound since start
Theirs is a union of choice;
Each is a lesser thing wi-out the other
Time gives Change her voice
And wi-out Change Time may smother
A-hind her are ripples in the hall
Cast by great and quiet passing
In this wake in the wild ball
Walks now dear daughter Finding
Ever curiouser is darling she
E'en as her nose is once more bit
So it was and so it ever be
As she darts from the wake to sit
In the corner is Finding's close sister
Named morose and sorrowful Mourning
Finding discovers things lost later
That Mourning is for sister recalling
At the bar find brother Leader
Ever-sure and striding a-fore
Bringing others from the hinter
Unless he is named Insecure
Cousin Fear steps in then
Frightening the friends and hangers-on
Long can he linger when
No-one steps fore to make him get gone
With him are his companions
Paranoia the group is named
The flock and pave way, his minions
Whispering of deceit, unkindness, the shamed
Many mend harm in their wake
Relief a young and cherubic boy
Kindness smiles and offers to bake
And through the hall dances Joy
Bright and happy things they are
As they're e'er lost and found
But old Despair is not too far
Bringing with him his grey sound
Anger and Dread pass us by
One all-times vicious and biting
From other churning feelings set fly
If Love is here, then now Love is hiding
And now come the siblings, twins
Of close-related Luck and Ill-Fortune
At whim they reward or punish sins
No rhyme nor reason to the portion.
Our time in this fantastical ball is ever-fleeting
We came with Life, and with Death we are leaving.
