Child of the new world,
who told you what to believe?
Gave you every piece of information,
but held our own counsel
in context?
I see you stepping out
on your first steps
of your first journey.
Too vain to be afraid,
something that we did to you.
Did we tell you
it’s a lie?
If we did,
then you approach the world
with the faulty logic
of the Nihilist.
A Deadman’s switch
in the place
where your heart should be.
Did we tell you
it’s for certain?
No greater crime
I can conjure up a vision for,
because this world
and those who exist in it,
are a subjective experience.
Facts are meaningless,
if one simply
does not care.
This new world
is a grifter.
A handshake,
with a knife
in the left hand,
hidden behind the back,
while perfect teeth
smile a rictus grin
that never touches the eyes.
I hope we have taught you
early on
how to spot the wolf,
but there are many these days,
ever since we lifted the bounty.
In this new world,
you will have to learn
to live, and to grow.
I know
that we
were not the best forerunners,
but I hope,
in the eleventh hour
it is not too late for you
to do what we did not.
Live.
Stand under the sky
and exist.
Shed the mantle
of expectation
and let a million universes
of possibility
unfold before you.
Choose right.
Not what is right
for humanity,
or the planet,
or the people on it.
Choose what’s right for you,
what calls you
in your soul.
Only then,
will it make sense.
HG – 2021
