Paradoxes

A paradox, something that is true

And yet false

Something that lets you fly

And at the same time ties you down

When you promise that

You can’t keep promises

When you say ‘this sentence is a lie’

When the definition of ‘lie’ is ‘truth’

When the world turns upside down

And inside out

And is changing in so many ways

That it might as well not be changing at all

When you are inside of a paradox

Bound by gleipnir

Knowing that every second takes

You further away from freedom

You know what it is like

To be human

To know every day that you will die

That the meaning of existence is

There is no meaning at all

To live in a locked box

And unlock it from the outside

To promise a thousand things

That you can’t deliver

To believe in something so much

It exists

You know the pain

Of love

Of hate

Of grief

Of joy

Because you are human

Capable of unimaginable things

That demons and angels

Cannot understand