how long
before?
people see,
people adore,
and return
to you?
[embrace]
how harsh
a winter
to realise
and release
fragility.
reliance.
control.
power
is no longer,
perhaps it never was,
in
human
hands.
[awakened]
oh let us
together,
lament,
we did not
praise you
when
all
was
joy
Etches Penmen
The White House
Oxford
25/10/2019