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?