Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico) - James Baldwin

Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico) by James BaldwinBetween holding on, and letting go, I wonder how you know the difference.It must be something like the difference between heaven and hell but how, in advance, can you tell?If letting go is saying no, then what is holding on saying?Come.Can anyone be held?Can I—?The impossible conundrum, the closed circle, why does lightning strike this house and not another?Or, is it true that love is blind until challenged by the drawbridge of the mind?But, saying that,one's forced to see one's definitions as unreal.We do not know enough about the mind, or how the conundrum of the imagination dictates, discovers, or can dismember what we feel, or what we find.Perhaps one must learn to trust one's terror:the holding on the letting go is error:the lightning has no choice, the whirlwind has one voice.Support the showPoems are green and Poetry is mean. -Poetry Beast Please accept my endless gratitude,I'm tickled pink,You're a gift!Thank you for your time and attention.It's a blessing you've stopped to observe and listen.ADDITIONAL INFO: @thebaldheadedpoet | Linktree