Endless Opposites, Spice Of Life Poem by Niki Nicholas Nkuna

Everything of the same creation is different,
Beautiful and ugly,
I see one thing that stands for others of the same kind,
I may choose the one I see but,
That may not be the last of the same kind I have seen,
I'm attracted to all things beautiful,
I know that my choosing is not the last,
‘Cause everything of the same creation is different,
Beautiful and ugly,

Everything dead or alive is variety in its distinctive class,
Beauty is endless, ugliness is endless,
Variety in abundant beauty,
Variety in abundant ugliness,
Variety in abundant evil,
Variety in abundant kindness,

Everything of the same creation is different,
Beautiful and ugly,
I see all kinds of animate and inanimate creatures,
Different, beautiful and ugly in their respective class,
I marvel at beauty,
I marvel at ugliness,
I marvel at horrific creatures,
I marvel at likeable creatures,
I'm mystified by all creatures,
Their beauty, ugliness, kindness and wickedness,

Everything of the same creation is different,
Beautiful and ugly,
Bitter taste, Sweet taste,
Winter season, summer season,
Ascending slope, descending slope,
Cold day, hot day,
Night and day,
Laughing and crying,
Dry day, rainy day,

Everything of the same creation is different,
Beautiful and ugly,
My choice is right and bad,
My delight is always temporary,
Until I see the other side of beauty and ugly,
My bitterness is always temporary,
Until I see the other side of bitter and sweet,

Everything of the same creation is different,
Beautiful and ugly,
I walked bare foot to school,
And felt like the most poor child on earth,
Until I see a person with no legs,


NN January 2012