Joseph Campbell

in the pain is the rapture of life,
he said,
our agon is our stillness,
our separation from the world,
our own little home.

it's hard,
but you must build a wall
against the pleasure loving world,
you must build a wall,
you must be true as truth
deep inside.
it's hard to wear masks, but
if you don't you'll be destroyed
you'll be destroyed.

love yourself as you have loved others,
and pray for those who suffer,
suffer.