A Threshold
A figure before a portal opening onto the universe

Beyond this door is no paradise.
Only the universe as it is.

That is enough. What you find here may unsettle what you were taught — enter the way you would enter the cosmos: curious, unarmored, awake.

I enter with an open mind, willing to meet ideas that may challenge what I believe.
I understand I may find some of this provocative — and I choose to engage rather than take offense.
We are stardust contemplating the stars.