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Every Ending is a beginning

Every Ending is a beginning

Every ending is a beginning,
People are condemned to go on treading,
the same paths they laid low so long ago:
Kali laughs, Loki plays his tricks, Puck has his humor,
People file out of their houses and set them on fire,
Burn old ladies as witches in their furor;
And burn the libraries of ideas, that they want to ignore;
all because, in the grip of illusion,
they act on tired old delusions,
and worship Gods of paper, wood, metal and stone,
that never were,
again and again.

And after all the destruction:
the self-immolation,
the flagellations,
the bombs launched at enemies,
they look in the mirror in the water,
and the enemy is still there,
but they are too tired to fight anymore;
and there is nothing left to fight over.

So after this round of destruction and stupidity,
do you think we'll get up and rebuild?
After we destroy all our gains,
and fight enemies, real and imagined,
it is time to pick up and rebuild.

The end times?
History is made of people convinced it is the end of history?
Barbarians at the gate?
I'll grant you that, which side are they on?
I'd suggest inside.

It is the beginning of great times,
We live in interesting times
and that is sad,
Because construction is so much more satisfying,
and choosing life is so much more constructive.

Chris

Posted by cholte at August 31, 2006 09:37 PM