Fantasy/reality

When you read the great tales, one truth is clear –
whether it’s Middle Earth or Narnia,
Charles Wallace, Will Stanton or Harry Potter
or in a galaxy far, far away…

Always there’s a great darkness
descending on the land
attacking hope
pitting people against each other
tearing worlds apart

Always the victory comes to those
who decide to reach out
stop being lone heroes
start working together
embracing one another
as their reason to fight.

And I wonder if the world
might do so much better
at fighting the real darkness
disease and bigotry
if only everyone had consumed more
of those fantasy books
in which the answer
is always
Love.