The Darkest Possibilities

21 February 2026

https://poems.culturing.net/2026/02/the-darkest-possibilities/

It is good to consider the darkest possibilities,
to play devil's advocate, with a question as momentous
as love. He who loves well lives well, and he
who does not does not. Love can make or ruin a man,
if allowed to run its course. But its course
can be interrupted, and should be, when needed.