Ursula K. Le Guin
destruction, desolation; something we may never think during the passion of war.
At Meta Lake
There are no mirrors here.
This is a labyrinth where none of the ways leads in or out
but all the arrows point the same direction .
It is easy to compare to Hell,
but then where are you?
Hell has to do with justice.
This has not.
This has nothnig to do with us at all except as we are fir, are fern, are trout, are jay, are elk.
The bones of deer are in this ash.
This is not punishment.
We have no claim on it. It does not regard us.
Our crimes can only imitate.
It is we who hold the mirror up.
This is not Hell.