Where to Begin, by Dan Brady
for Reid
The way you explore this space
is the way life happens.
Walk it out. Feel around.
You’ll find that on occasion
your senses betray you
and everything becomes light.
Other times a crushing weight
compresses you to your tiniest form.
It is our hope you will be moved easily,
that you will be more air than earth,
that you will find pleasures yet undiscovered
and that the darkness lasts only briefly.
We cannot promise this,
only assure you of our intentions.
There are many experiments
and most of them die.
Those that succeed
find advantage in their environment.
They see what no one else sees.
Out of love, they create new possibilities.
