MINDSET
Azure
Color of resilience
this rupture in the gloom
bloomed healthy hues
of azure — a timely rapture
defied forecast disaster
rescued, we lusted after
lapis lazuli dyed by
desert skies at sunrise,
dooming lunacy itself
to ineluctable departure
The ability to look up while being pulled down by despair, defeat or discouraging confusion — the willingness to be momentarily distracted by something joyfully compelling, holistically undemanding, beautiful — this is one of humanity’s most undervalued skills of survival.
Is optimism an escape from harsh reality? Perhaps.
One must leave the confines of a windowless cell to practice photosynthesis.
If you won’t permit deep blue sky to seduce you—if you stubbornly refuse to let a bright, glowing star train your thoughts on something plainly good and nurturing, free…
