would you rather i write poems that comfort you?

or would you rather — i tell it — like it is

Morphine — comfort — for the pain

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sister Morphine

have you ever
felt the touch
of sister Morphine

• did her kiss
  take away
  all your pain

pain
is at the core
of our condition

• we cannot run
  we cannot hide
  we must go through it

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our condition

we’re primates
on a rock
holding on
for dear life
filling-our-minds
with any number
of stories

• some
  to comfort
  and conceal

  • others
    to open
    and reveal

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would you rather

would you rather
i write poems
that comfort you

• or would you rather
  i tell it
  like it is

would you rather
i feign
omniscience

• or would you rather
  i challenge
  you to think
  for yourself
  and accept
  the discomfort
  of not knowing

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i don’t know

i don’t know
what happens
when we die
and neither
do you

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There are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting… but to say that something is comforting is not to say that it's true.

Richard Dawkins, (1941 –     ), English evolutionary biologist…

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in the meantime

may we find kindness
compassion
and courage
in our conversations

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courageous conversations about the human condition

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