Cosmic Betrayals – 4th September 2026

My faith tells me I will see you again
Though every step forward leaves you behind
You are finally free of heartbreak and pain
But I measure mine in everything I find

I must abandon you, to keep the comfort of my grief
On the road ahead, I will greet my ghosts
Keep watching over me, such is our belief
Although you are far away, please keep me close

Inspired, again, by the Red Hand Files #354, where Nick Cave responds to someone who lost their wife to cancer, aged 30.


Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

How Can You Know Whether You’ve Never Been Tested?

A life that never met misfortune
One that has never been put to the test
How can one judge their real value
Having never struggled to do their best?

Let me know your thoughts