I said, we’re where we can imagine
living a normal life …

But what is normal, anyway,
and who decides that,
and who measures it?
Who advertises it,
who uses it to sell stuff,
and how does it relate
to what we’re building here?

The whole point being
to be forging
a different way of looking
at everything  –
purpose, comfort, how we do things –
the whole point being
the incremental learning
of how to live an honest life.

©Wendy Mulhern
November 12, 2021