Unwell
Coping Mechanism
“In the organic world, adaptation is atavistic;
a matter for the instinct, not the intellect.”
–from a lecture on the philosophy of aesthetics
Someday I will feel better
And look back on all of these
With a smile and a shrug;
That day, when memories rush
Into my head, I won’t flee
But relish its arrival: hectic,
Lush, organic, like life itself.
And I [...]