This is a lullaby to sooth the tired.
There used to be a popular bumper sticker in the Bay Area that said “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” If you’ve been outraged since then you’re probably also tired.
The cries of fatigue are seeping through the cracks in the façade.
In a recent poem by Amanda Gorman, brought to my attention by a friend on this mailing list, she says “We can feel we have nothing to give, & still belove this world waiting, trembling to change.”
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, in the first track of his latest musical release asks “Haven’t we proved that our love can’t be moved? Isn’t it time we are rested?”