i do not know why people choose

to spend their time worrying about

terrible, possible, theoretical things.

 

the truth is that the worst deeds that

human beings can do to one another,

are already here, most vehemently exist

 

and have been for centuries and eons past.

so, if you have been blessed to reside in a

place where you have not viewed or

 

experienced things such as these, then

please don’t waste your time dwelling

on the dark. it will do nothing to prepare

 

you for a time when darkness might arrive

and will sap away your joy today. instead

drink up the light, let it soak into your bones.

 

fill your heart with beauty ‘round, make peace

the place that you reside, and if darkness should

come, it is the light alone that will sustain.

 

©Heather Pound 2023

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