And if your honesty is all you have to offer, that is enough. No promise to solve the problem, but progress nonetheless. What was opaque is now transparent.

Why are there no flower vendors at the airport? I’d love to greet with a bit of green. Yet there are only sugar coated goods and snacks with shelf lives longer than mine.

Finding community in “you too?” Finding resemblance. Finding broken pieces that match. The remains from the city.

It became a larger question. Not one of pure symbols and commas, but one of beliefs and values. And through that, clarity materialized.

You made time for what was most important. So that when the day was found to be over, the chickens had a place to come home and roost. The doors were shut, and all was well.