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“Where we are strongest it is the easiest to stay open, fluid-- curtains of lace and linen instead of walls of steel-- open borders (at least for those with passports and visas or the will to earn citizenship in our personal territory), never losing clarity, because that is where we are strong. Where our resolve is weakest is where we have to draw the hardest lines for ourselves, for others, for the world. We can't afford to give a little, because, well, our resolve is too likely to give way when so tested. It sounds so simple. But it can be so hard to do. Where we are weak, the hard lines must be drawn strong.” — Shellen Lubin
Where we are strongest
it is the easiest
to stay open, fluid--
curtains of lace and linen instead of
walls of steel--
open borders
(at least for those with passports and visas
or the will to earn citizenship
in our personal territory),
never losing clarity,
because that is where we are strong.
Where our resolve is weakest
is where we have to draw the hardest lines
for ourselves,
for others,
for the world.
We can't afford to give a little,
because, well, our resolve is too likely to give way
when so tested.
It sounds so simple.
But it can be so hard
to do.
Where we are weak,
the hard lines must be drawn strong.