The Poet, Like The Lover,

Courage Is Not A Virtue Of Value Among Other Personal Values Like Love Or Fidelity. It Is The Foundation That Underlies And Gives Reality To All Other Virtues And Personal Values. Without Courage Our Love Pales Into Mere Dependency. Without Courage Our Fidelity Becomes Conformism.

When Inward Life Dries Up, When Feeling Decreases And Apathy Increases, When One Cannot Affect Or Even Genuinely Touch Another Person, Violence Flares Up As A Daimonic Necessity For Contact, A Mad Drive Forcing Touch In The Most Direct Way Possible.

The Mature Person Becomes Able To Differentiate Feelings Into As Many Nuances, Strong And Passionate Experiences, Or Delicate And Sensitive Ones, As In The Different Passages Of Music In A Symphony. Unfortunately, Many Of Us Have Feelings Limited Like Notes In A Bugle Call.

Anxiety Is Essential To The Human Condition. The Confrontation With Anxiety Can Relieve Us From Boredom, Sharpen The Sensitivity And Assure The Presence Of Tension That Is Necessary To Preserve Human Existence.

It Is Well To Remind Ourselves That Anxiety Signifies A Conflict, And So Long As A Conflict Is Going On, A Constructive Solution Is Possible.