Life Death and Continuous Change (3 Themes from Mystery Bruise)

Life, Death, and Continuous Change (Three themes prevalent in Terry Wolverton’s Mystery Bruise) What is this that takes the immoral, the wicked, and the weak? What is this that takes the righteous and the strong. We have referred to it as our end, departure, extinction, impending doom, eternal rest, last sleep, and most certainly our final summons -at least, as far as known life is concerned-. The Bible has named it, “the latter end”. …

…the right societal pulls to take control of Earth’s fragile condition; to, as a whole, nurse it. Perhaps, we only have control over our insatiable need to be destructive and unknowing in many of our destructive acts (like the daily massacre of ants). Interesting enough, the only poem of the ones I have addressed that dealt with change being slightly willed upon, was “Vampire” the poem that left Terry Wolverton with a broken heart.