Footnote to Jaspers*

don’t just float,

dance with death,

listen to the music

of the silence,

let your life

be a grace note

not a space note

(taking up…)

no, dance with death,

it’s anyone’s guess

what’s behind the veil,

decide to dance.

it’s a matter of balance,

let that prevail,

laugh at the light,

black or white,

love in a major scale

*Karl Jaspers, existential philosopher and psychiatrist