R.M. Dolin, 2016
Love and War
It’s an indecipherable dichotomy;
how shadows deepen as
we naively step into light
causing even the most
optimistic to conclude
evil is inevitable.
You build over a long
and often painful process.
Steadily inching toward
a perfect outcome amazed
how simple life seems when
viewed through a window.
When we can just get past
that very first step.
We may traverse the plaza
counter-clockwise but
the brutal truth is
that the world comes at us
head on causing us to forget
in moments of peace
how in an instant
things easily evaporate to
shadows and darkness.
While there you come
face to face with the most
unchangeable law of nature;
you absolutely can’t
change change.
Background poem from the “What Is To Be Done,” trilogy.
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