Duality

By: Alyssa Pennini

A constant war is raging

In the duality of my soul

Both equal and opposite

Are the two halves of a whole

With a clear face that’s seen

A light side like the sun

Which is shown to the world

But it’s not the only one

On the other hand there is

The dark side of the moon

The part that lives underneath

With subtlety attuned

Both my mind and my soul

Are simple and complex

Where inside myself there lives both

Optimist and pessimist

I wish more often than not

For my thoughts to be controlled

But the reality of my mind

Truth is, the chaos is untold

There are times in my life

When all I am is weak

But that is when the search

For strength is all I seek

I’ve found in my duality

A choice for who I’ll be

To find the balance between

The two different sides of me