What Do I Mean By . . .

By Keith C. Milne

What do I mean by diametrically opposing forces?

I mean yin/ yang, night and day, polar opposites.

Meanness and kindness.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have humanity in the middle?

Poised like an arrow going nowhere, but sharp and gleaming from clarity and balance.

A shining example of humanity.

What do I mean by a shining example of humanity?

Love, kindness, caring, giving of oneself to others.

Smiling.

Or, just sure footed and grounded.

What do I mean by sure-footed and grounded?

Confident or strong?

Maybe.

Is anything truly strong?

Or is everything varying degrees of flexibility?

Flexible, and pliable, and bendable, and yielding, yet strong and resilient.

What do I mean by resilient?

Gleaming?

Nope.

Maybe I mean strength through persistence.

What if . . .

I meant something not in the English language or any other language at all?

Maybe a language undiscovered.

A language called . . .