I really don't know life at all .... Both Sides Now

I have previously posted a blog entry titled "Define Life"

Continuing to ponder life and living it, here is a song that comes to my mind regarding life .... I don't know that I agree with the lyrics to the song on the subject, but it does linger in my mind and surfaces every so often to genuflect its songwriter.....   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DH70wYWsK0

and Joni Mitchell's song has lots of .....

allusions (begins with the word all) ....

many have delusions about life and others have exclusions denying what is....

and of course there is  a brain contusion, a bruise of the brain tissue caused by small blood vessel leaks which may interfere...

interesting that illusion begins with the word, ill .....

also interesting is how many are suffering in life from confusion....

and all those that practice elusion, the act or an instance of eluding or escaping; evasion who will one day be caught.....

also the many social and government/business group ways in which individuals practice collusion and exclusion in their midst and in the world .....

and of course the measure of one's life is determined at its conclusion .... and then sometimes remote in time from their actual death.

Words ending in suffix "sion" about life are revealing in their own meaning as it applies to life ...

conclusion...

allusion, contusion, delusion

exclusion, illusion, inclusion, exclusion 

occlusion, suffusion

affusion, collusion, confusion, diffusion, effusion, elusion, extrusion

BOTH SIDES NOW

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air

And feather canyons everywhere, i've looked at cloud that way.

But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone.

So many things i would have done but clouds got in my way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now,

From up and down, and still somehow

It's cloud illusions i recall.

I really don't know clouds at all.

Moons and junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel

As every fairy tale comes real; i've looked at love that way.

But now it's just another show. you leave 'em laughing when you go

And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.

I've looked at love from both sides now,

From give and take, and still somehow

It's love's illusions i recall.

I really don't know love at all.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say "i love you" right out loud,

Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, i've looked at life that way.

But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they say

I've changed.

Something's lost but something's gained in living every day.

I've looked at life from both sides now,

From win and lose, and still somehow

It's life's illusions i recall.

I really don't know life at all.