What is it?

not knowing it you wonder,
not having it you seek,
not feeling it you ponder,
afraid of it you're meek.

without, you think it big;
having, you see it's not.
small change comes within,
no change is seen without.

mere come without change,
this knowledge so strange
to one inexperienced;
so visceral enduring it.


[originally from 6/1/2008]