the threat of permanence

see note for reviewers.

with the threat of permanence comes dependence &

with dependence comes vulnerability &

with vulnerability comes sacrifice &

with sacrifice comes reducing one’s own life by half or more &

with the reduction comes a lack &

with the lack comes a void &

with the void comes the naïveté that it can be filled by ungrounded belief &

with ungrounded belief comes faith &

with faith comes the refusal to provide evidence &

with the refusal comes certainty &

with certainty comes ignorance &

with ignorance comes sustainability &

with sustainability comes comfort &

with comfort comes complacence &

with complacence comes submission &

with submission comes defeat &

defeat is the threat realized.   

 

Author's Note

“On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.”

-Emma Goldman

“It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.”

-Marilyn Monroe