We are creatures of contradiction
Fluidity our greatest strength and source of debilitating fear

Even our greed
A malignant cancer of deliberate distance
Is rooted in our fear
That someday our comfort will disappear
And we will become the people
We’ve stepped on

And yet
We teach our children to dream
Of a world that doesn’t exist
Until they grow
Into the people who can build it

But I guess we will always need the darkness
To distinguish the light