Because it was inflated.
The sand
Is crumbled mountains.
The crash to the ground,
Comes from climbing very high.
We gather the crop
We planted before.
So everything moves from one state to another,
Success and failure, strong and weak, life and death, all existing together.
This is our condition, we fish in this ocean.
Don't be too proud when you are on top.
Bubastis. Greek name of Bast, or Pasht, the Diana of Egyptian mythology; she was daughter of Isis and sister of Horus, and her sacred animal was the cat. See CAT.
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1963. p.148
2 comments:
Good poem.
Jenny,
Finally continuing my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. It's a long project, and after the move, I couldn't find my copy of the book until today.
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