What is this fate we are

creating through neglect, 

impotence and our wish

to control what cannot,

should not, be controlled?

 

The human: walking paths

that others have signed,

not the path least taken

or the way the heart decides.

 

But there is hope I think—

somewhere in the human spirit

that rises up like a spring

bud to resist control and say no.

 

4/6/2022