Starlight and Non-Being
Starlight asks Non-Being
Master, are you or are you not?
Since he received no answer whatever
Starlight set himself to watch for Non-Being.
He waited to see if Non-Being
Would put in an appearance.
He kept his gaze fixed on the deep void
Hoping to catch a glimpse of Non-Being.
All day long he looked and he saw nothing.
He listened, but heard nothing.
He reached out to grasp and grasped nothing.
Then Starlight exclaimed at last,
This is it, this is the furthest yet
Who can reach it?
I can comprehend the absence of being
But who can comprehend the absence of nothing?
If now, on top of all this,
Non-being is,
Who can comprehend it?
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