In the beginning
were the five-year-olds
asking those difficult questions:
"Where did we come from?"
"How did animals get here?"
"What was here before this world?"
And there were parents
attempting to answer, desiring quiet,
searching for a story that would end all questions,
at least until the next time...
Words were stretched, created new,
imagination met the Unknown,
and Myths were born in the answers,
stories shared at campfires over meals
to entertain the children,
keep them transfixed, safe at the fire,
away from the darkness around them,
and quiet.
They could not know
the dark trails their tales would forge.
