Lessons

Asleep, awake.
There is the duck,
there is the drake.

Along, alone.
This is an egg,
that is a stone.

Behind, before.
There is the wall,
there is the door.

Before, behind.
There are the knocks
on the hard mind.

Alone, along.
That is a lie,
this is a song.

Awake, asleep.
Here are the lives
we cannot keep.