The geography

That our feet traverse

To bring us to

The spaces we come

To call our own

Is a physical map

Of our thought-

Thought abducted by

Memory and Desire.

These poor charlatans

Don’t allow us to be

They tell us that

We must act

And yet

The very action

We pin our hopes on

Binds us.

But then action need not

Be a strategy for either

Greater advantage or greater good.

Action is a movement

Towards understanding

Towards resolution

Towards completion.

The action must free itself

From being enslaved

By the actor.