don’t look around and wonder what went down

we arrange our world and if it’s upside down ………………..it’s not that hard to turn it around

so without, so within

i see myself in others and i stop and shake my head

some get it quickly and some ignore the signs

our life is what we make it and what we treasure inside

manifests itself in the world we shape and that determines our lives

a visitor came into town part of my new family

and it was obvious from the few words we spoke

she figured ”so within, so without” long before an old man like me