Yin and Yang

Connie Song

Protector, provider.

The archetype,

the stereotype,

the unexpected,

the paradoxical,

exposing the authentic duality of life,

a coin with its two sides,

a room soaked in darkness

with unshuttered moonlight bleeding

past cloaked venetian curtains,

words buried deep within stone,

pens like swords or weapons

not yet drawn or transcribed

or scribbled onto daily journals,

the ink spilling onto empty canvas

filling cracks,

exposing scars.

We eat the sun, the moon and the stars,

the sea and the tangled clouds

bringing balance

simultaneously healing and haunting

the creases of the soul,

this is the yin and yang,

filled with primal pleasures and pain,

the paradoxical moments of life.

There are parts of us that never die,

that inhale, then exhale,

part Ares, part Aphrodite,

part Apollo,

that mirror and shield our punctured stars

until the beautiful rise of dawn.

Published in Issue No. 9, Animus Opus, June 3rd, 2025.

Connie Song writes short stories and bruised poetry from the edge of Brooklyn, New York. Her works include The Grimalkin, The Ghost of Stillwell Avenue, Souls for Sale, Perfect Girls, Bruised Poetry.