Ecclesiastes 9:5 

⁵ For the living know that they will die;
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.

 Really?

 Anne Frank

Growing up with common thoughts

and write these down on paper

is that what Anne is all about,

life’s ordinary vapor?

She understood the difference

between inner and deeper self

This is most what most folks will never find

as they live their surface’s outer-shelf

What does it take to discover self

the mysteries of your being?

Does it take time … a place … a dream

to find the deeper meaning?

Are we two in one … or three apart?

The body, soul and spirit

We know where the first comes from,

but the others … did we inherit?

They have not much in common.

Like water and oil don’t mix

One searches for the undiscovered

and the other for a quick fix

One searches for admiration

and to be known for good

The other just for serving

to the best he should

You know one is a taker

who wants to dominate

He really seems to love himself

as attention, he creates

The other is so quiet and shy

almost no one gets to know him

unless words stumble through his heart

to be read only by The King

It is easy to talk about the two,

but what about the third one?

The one who is totally ignored

Unknown to most, “the hurt one”

The one who understands the way of life

The one who can give purpose

Why does the one, who loves himself,

declares this one unworthy

He looked him up in darkness

Deep in his own heart

Thinking he can rule the world

Believing he is smart

Some day the heart will turn inside out

and then the one locked up for life

will be turned loose and exposed to life

while the first will slowly die.

Jan Wienen