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When the figures on tarot cards face West
they are looking towards the past.
The past is behind us but ever with us and so
is never really gone unless we forget.
We cannot afford to forget the truths told
of deeds done long, long ago.
But we forget the long ago to cover the sins of ancestors.
We try so hard to keep the status quo.
Status quo: the chains that hold us in a place of comfort
sheltered from the truth, unchanged.
If we remain unchanged, we will stand facing West
and see only the past we want to see.
And when our sight is occluded by a veil of falsehoods
the West transforms into the land of death.
Those tarot figures face our impending death with sadness,
implore us to know how we got here.
© 2020 Joanne Young Elliott
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