Oh, Thief, the darkness does appear to rule ~ you’ve captured this harshness exceptionally well with this piece!!
Fear makes it easy to manipulate others.
But the altered state that love brings out raises us from lowered states to create a different reality.
There is good going on that never makes the Front Page.
And, whatever falls like Rome, other traditional cultures endured. The Romans thought they were the centre of the universe.

That’s my take on January 11th:))