The Saulteaux creation story says
That time and space were made as a part of the physical world
This means
That time has nothing
On your spirit
This means
That you are not obliged to say:
After this pain I will learn to be happy
Or, at least, I will remember how to smile.
If time does not exist
For the spirit
There is no after, nor is there before
Everything is forever
This pain
This joy
The moment you read that someone you didn’t know was killed near Bakhmut
Someone younger than you
Someone who was, who isn’t, who won’t be
The moment someone tells you that hemoglobin and chlorophyll cells
Have identical structure
The same four elements arranged in circle around a central atom
Proving that there is connection between us and everything else
And your brain explodes with this new unfathomable knowledge
This joy
This pain
Everything all at once
Arranged in circle.
Small Rebellions 