Whatever our hopes may be for the future
There is no escaping either the gravity
Or the totality of its challenge
To our survival and to our security
The events of recent weeks
May have helped to illuminate that challenge for some
But the dimensions of its threat
Have loomed large on the horizon for many years
Whatever our hopes may be for the future
There is no escaping either the gravity
Or the totality of its challenge
To our survival and to our security
A challenge that confronts us in unaccustomed ways
In every sphere of human activity
They are coming
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