Underpinnings

In darkness
we protect the light

In blindness
we perfect our sight

In battle
we secure the truce

In doubting
—we ensure our truth

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Conn Avatar
January 13, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Last line concludes there is no truth. "In doubting one interprets truth."
Conn Avatar
January 14, 2023 at 12:41 AM
"Belief in the truth commences with the doubting of all those "truths" we once believed." Friedrich Nietzsche
Behm Avatar
January 13, 2023 at 5:37 PM
Think some more...
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