The Far Nearby (A Dedication)

For the waxing and the waning For the triumph and the fall For the trying and the failing For no one, and for us all For every joy, there is a grief For every war there is a peace What will be is already done What's finished has just begun This all is true, and yet a lie The awful good, The far nearby For the song and for the silence For the jester and the king For the plus and for the minus For the whole and for nothing This I swear to you and then This you swear to me again This is the Beginning and the End