I know this. This I know. All that I have, All that is me, Resides inside my poetry. Every time I write a rhyme it might be the line that sets minds free. And also I know that I don't know shit. And the more I know, The more I realize it. [no... your "you" isn't just that which others can read. it's also the hidden depths you don't show. glad you admit your ignorance, though] I know that for all of the pain I've cried There's the exact same balance of joy On the other side of that coin, Joined with the thinnest slip of membrane. [that's nonsense. emotions aren't balanced in such a way.] Same goes for crazy and sane, Truth and lie, Answer and why, Because I know this: This universe operates with a divine tug of war Teeter totter, bringing order and balance like the tide does to water; [n.. no... what? how do you "know" this? it's nonsense.] Like I know that each wave rolls back to the sea, Retreating from me into deep green eternity, And I know that I am free - Well, at least in my mind if i wanna be. [see: determinism] I know that some things sound good to me in theory, But in point of fact suck ass in actual practice Like communism, And pornography. [communism doesn't suck in practice because its theory is flawed, but because people are inherently corruptable. communism is not the flaw. capitalism is. also pornography, like fucking anything, can be used to exploit and control people. that doesn't make the concept inherently bad, despite your opinion.] I know that it's impossible to really know where anyone is coming from, [it's not] So who are we to judge 'em? [the people interacting with them. we are specifically the people with the most cause to provide judgment] I know that some things are so dope they transcend their category And it's important to see the glory in the ordinary. Like, I know there's Nag Champa and there's all other incense. [technicaly correct but have you tried patchouli?] I can't see putting earl gray against any other tea. [says the girl who's clearly never tried lady gray. oh? my opinion contradicts yours? i didn't know knowledge was subjective...] Lash Out? It's not even on the same plane as other mascaras comparatively and i know that there's R&B And then there's Otis Redding [cool opinion] I know that most things are greater than the sums of their parts And that's the real definition of art. [thanks, i'll throw out my degree in art becaue you've summed up the theory better than millennia of humans interacting] Like, brownies are good, and so is whipped cream But you put 'em together and it's this whole fucking chemical other thing like Lennon and McCartney singing harmony, like Masturbating as compared to an orgy [i... don't want an orgy. or lennon and mccartney. i prefer mccartney on his own. also, my hand knows what i like best. cool opinion tho] I know that everything within this surface glimpse of reality is infinitely simple and perfectly complicated [woof. i mean, okay, the world is infinitely simple and perfectly complicated, because it has no outside comparison.] And I know that being jaded and over it Is way overrated. [so is spouting nonsense as if it's fact, but you don't seem to mind doing that] And that the colors of this world Only seem faded in direct relation to the darkness with which your mind's eye is shaded, And you made it that way. [i... okay, sure. if you say so. whatever that means.] And you can choose to change your vision's prismic range today. [so can you] And I know that you gotta help a friend who's down, [this is not objectively true] And I know that no matter where you end up You're still from your home town. [THIS is] And I know that you gotta know how to listen to the sound of your own heart beat in the dead quiet of night sometimes, [n... no you don't...] And I know that can be so frightening but I also know that the deepest darkness is always the most enlightening, [simply untrue] And I know that fresh cold cantaloupe tastes like the perfect first kiss, [simply untrue] And I know that Lao Tsu and Moses and Mohammed and Buddha and Jesus and all those dudes knew some deep-ass shit, [sure] But I also know that we all hold the world's eternal truths in our heart's deepest pit. [...unsure] It's because I know that we are made up of the Same stuff as the Sun and the moon and the farthest stars and All that we are is manifest energy and that We already have everything that we could ever need If we could just begin to see clearly [...that's, without a doubt, not why people sometimes have good opinions. what the fuck does this even mean] And I know that the world will continue to spin And I know that the world will continue to spin [actually, it's slowing down and will stop before long] And I know that one day, You will let me in. [are you a vampire] And we will begin to love in a fashion I couldn't fathom existed. And we will laugh at the fact that we ever resisted this blissful togetherness. And the sex? Well, it'll be off the charts. 'Cause we'll both be Super freaky But we'll be fucking From the heart. [but I'm not into you, rachel] 'Cause our loving will be something where the Whole is much greater than the sum of the parts 'Cause we're artists, after all, So what else would fate have us make besides art? And I know that outside of this space time frame, we are one and the same We're a part, not apart So I know that I can wait patiently for it to start And far out I may seem to be and Maybe you may see me as wacky, but baby, The fact be that I am a poet And like all true poets do, I'm Mainlining the spiraling spherical truth of the universe, Turning it out and Into lyrical wholeness, And I know this. And I know this. This I know. This I know. [you know nothing you know nothing jon snow jon snow]