We’re all stuck on hold.
The pioneers thrust out
with their usual
armed vengeance,
no clear purpose
except to recreate
the old world
in the new.
The rest of us wait
fearfully or
cautiously,
wanting the new world
but not knowing
how to enter it
without destroying it.
Image: “Old man passing Place du Canada,” by Mike Shell. Montréal, Quebec (8/8/2013)