They say,
“necessity is the mother of invention”,
But I think necessity got
a bad rap-
See, viewed through the eyes of
those who invent,
We have come to experience necessity as a
cold mother,
Skin drawn tight around
stern brows,
gaunt face, shouting an inch away from yours
the old hag, so demanding…
But the cleanly ordered, infinitely predictable, mechanistic universe
of inventors,
has forgotten the times when
necessity
was a powerful urge, emananting from deep within
growing steadily
until a shout of joy burst forth!
When necessity was
that we all rise above
and experience, and cause one another to experience,
the greatest potential
Of art, of imagination, of love, of solidarity
of understanding
&
growth
Because each and every one of us,
vessels of the Soul
are mothers of something
All you have to do
is close your eyes,
and remember…
(c) SBA 5/11/2014