Abandonment

Term, rhetorical

In its essence, the absence

Of authority

In ethical or

Moral form, external of

Oneself; one might have

Expected to find

Such an authority in

Either religion

Or from a wrongly

Understood natural world

And discover that

There is none; it leads

One to feel abandoned,

A prelude to reach

Authenticity

In one’s life; autonomy

Of the real good will…