“ What would the world be like if men never ruled again? ”
Even now, I still believe metamorphosis is the greatest beauty.
~ David Vann
As if each of us might somehow have a blueprint. As if somewhere there's the shape of my life, and I had the chance to choose a few variations, but not far from the pattern.
A change in those moments, some switch turned off forever, the end of trust or safety or love, and how do we ever find the switch again?
Maybe this is as near as we can come to forgiveness. Not the past wiped away, nothing undone, but some willingness in the present, some recognition and embrace and slowing down.
