Through All Our Fears

23 September 2023

I have found my way now to the nether regions,
all those dark places beyond all prevailing conventions,
where silence rules and where strange plants grow.
I am writing to you with a vision long seen
but just recently put into words. I have heard you
are eager for change, but that's what I know well,
and it's never quite what you'd expect. Listen closely.
The only way through is on your legs, with blood
pumped by your heart, which comes from your parents.
There is no deeper mystery than why we abide together,
despite all our squabbling, despite all our fears.