No one really knows what is coming,
so gather up your spirits and live.
The defeat was mighty, shattering our
expectations of what morning would bring.
We were wrong in different ways, and our way
hurt more, being conscious of the wrong.
We were not born to be victims. Underground
rivers only we know have befriended us —
surely they will not leave us dry. Every
cave has its exit into sky.
The moral universe is not cheated —
some criminals not even God may pardon.
We are not one of them, so take heart,
my heart, gather up your spirits and live.
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Thomas R. Smith
Picture Rupert Loydell
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