Written for my friend a year ago…dedicated now to all who find the rise of an autocrat to power a horrifying prospect

What is this mystery
that imbues us with mercies,
that makes us worthy?

What Hand unbridles us,
makes us like fire
sweeping quick and inexorable
across the dry crackly pampas?

Is calculated bravery…

Source: The Knowable And Yet Unseen Fine Line (JD)