destinations

 
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destinations

We all know these things.
They are written in our moral codes
They are exhorted in our politicians' speeches
They are preached in our religious sermons
They are part of who we are

Apparently, oh so saliently, we as well
(as unwell, as insane) are violent
madmen, intent on harm that ripples
back to harden hearts, unhumanize,
unharmonize what could have been
our euphorious song.

We know these things, yet seem
to always get it wrong.
Is that how we're meant to be, to
behave, to twist ourselves in cycles
of depravity, of have/have nots,
commoners and kings, that we lose
our lives to battle?
None of this makes sense.

We know these things.
We pour them out in stories, poems,
sculptures, public meetings.
Perhaps such ambiance leaves us
deaf to what everybody knows.
Perhaps the calls to outrage overtake
what reason, intuition, healing lore 
all demand will create our better
destiny.

first draft 2/19/26