"Yin and Yang..."

They say...

"One World, One Dream"

and

"It's not the Triumph...it's the Struggle"

and

"The Time to Dream is Now."

But why then

are there so very few who "have" so very much ...

and so very many who "have" so very little?

Why

is balance and equality not achieved?

Can it ever be?

Why

are millions starving while millionaires play games with hoops

and orange balls?

Why...

after the uplifting opening ceremonines of Beijing 2008

do I feel blue?

"There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty,

social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation,

and

as long as the weak and small

continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful."
~Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama