Light of dark expands in minds
Blacks and whites in variations.
Gray penumbras fashion shadows
To the limits of our features.
Creatures of our fear, our love,
Desire; we are these not only but
Complexities of their expression.
Hate, creativeness and guilt
Shape our ugliness and beauty.
Substances of disposition
Build to moods and strange impressions:
Dawn is hope;
Daylight, vision;
Dusk, composure;
Darkness, insight.
- Sitaram (written 1965)