Conduit: Unpleasant Opening

Chapter two of
The renovators;
Hurricane force winds
Stir up the waters,

Back to thinking,
“Unpleasant, unpleasant,”
And so forth,
And “pleasant, pleasant” in between.

What a tempest,
How the swells rage,
Washing up a disagreeable opportunity
To see more clearly,

And already seen
Is how awareness of unpleasant
Makes pleasant more so,
And how they intermingle;

Gradually understanding grows
That both are together,
And it’s a matter of emphasis,
But hard work all the same!

The test will be
Whether acknowledging unpleasant/pleasant,
Can prevent these noisy interlopers
From toppling the mast;

Will this practice help?
Or will this gale
Overturn the boat?
The outcome is yet to be discovered,

The result to be determined,
But either way, may any merit
Accrued by this effort,
Be shared by all sentient beings:
May they too benefit from this practice!