The Hopis and Tibetans have a real handle
on the immediatist hand of humankind
in the course of our only planet,
the cyclical continuum of time
spiraling up or down on our choices and deeds,
our only world brighter or darker by our effects,
or more & more the same.
Truer prophets see no end on earth,
but centuries of junctures, eons of openings
to our evolving understanding
and our ability to choose and act...
no higher goal than manifestation,
or vow so daring as freedom.
   A way of thinking so attuned
   that we fear and turn away.

        ‰ ToadSoup
                31 December 1999
(used with permission)