Just when life seems to be smooth sailing
You pull the rug from beneath my feet.
Just when joy is creeping into my life
You dump a bucket of crap on my head.

You express yourself in many ways:
The sudden misunderstandings in relationships,
The abrupt reversal of fortune in life's progress, and
The unexpected loss of something that's very dear.

I must learn to see you face to face, eye to eye.
I must learn to embrace your horrible beauty.
I must learn to suckle at your breast,
Since without your pain, there can be no pleasure.

The universe contracts as I breathe in.
The universe expands as I breathe out.
You are the primal energy at the core of the universe.
Without your rthymn in my life, a grey dullness descends.