content: Thoughts about loss Some days it saddens me more than words to think of what we lost. We had dignity and respect among our people. We had family and community. It all seems like it’s gone away. All good things have been affected by this present rape. This dying time. Maybe it was all a dream. A pleasant coat of lies to hide a harsher world. Was it ever better? Then I think this thought this what they want. It doesn’t matter the past is dead but we have the future. Our future can be the dreams we had of the past. If we never had a home we could be proud of can’t we build one? We acted for so long without thought of what was coming next and that led us into the belly of a great and terrible beast. If we think ahead can we not ascend? We have a world of good and bad to learn from. We can create something wonderful. I know we can, we have before. Thinking about all the lost makes me so very hopeful for our future. It is the end and that means it is the beginning. What a glorious gift to be given. If we are victorious all of history forward will be ours, of course, it is oblivion if we fail. Ultimately I have faith you who are seekers the truth. After everything you still want to know.