All is Over -- Autumn Floods

"The Way is without beginning or end,

but things have their life and death--

you cannot rely upon their fulfillment.

One moment empty, the next moment full--

you cannot depend upon their form.

The years cannot be held off;

time cannot be stopped.

Decay, growth, fullness, and emptiness end and then begin again...

The life of things is a gallop, a headlong dash--

with every movement they alter, with every moment they shift.

What should you do

and what should you not do?

Everything will change of itself, that is certain!"

(Chuang-Tzu ch.17)