Solace

I sought solace in work, and I found it
I sought solace in sleep, and I found it
I sought solace in sex, and I found it
I sought solace in food, and I found it

I sought solace in drink, and I found it
I sought solace in smoke, and I found it
I sought solace in art, and I found it
I sought solace in thought, and I found it

I sought solace in pain, and I found it
I sought solace in scorn, and I found it
I sought solace in G-d, and I found it
I sought solace in Void, and i found it

In all these things, and many more
I have found my solace

And besides that,

My joy, my suffering, energy, rest

My leaf, my sun, breeze, moon

My death, my birth, and endless disappointment

In all things I found this multitude,
This multivalent banquet of experience,
These ghosts that, in the night,
Scream upon my dreams

And only one thing I found lacking;
Certainty-

And this lack of certainty
Gave me great solace.