A Longing of Being
“No less than one's life is needed / if the call of the Distant One is to be heeded.”
“No less than one's life is needed / if the call of the Distant One is to be heeded.”
Are there ‘natural’ limits to freedom? This essay argues that the dignity on which freedom is based must be recognized as underpinning not only traditional but also secular conceptions of freedom.
What hatred would permit such cruelty?/ Might those who stand here be provoked to kill?/ A valve of anguish opens, another/ Shuts, disconnects, allows the blood to spill.