Deep in debt
Universal are the laws of balance
Aligning negative with positive
The essence of life
Dig a hole to build a mountain
The sum of both is none
A rule of give and take
In this space the river of knowledge resides
Flowing freely in the passage of time
All ownership is void
Our mass of negative energy is accelerating
A debt so deep it is our grave
Time to weigh with considerable evaluation
The law we cannot buy
Before we are lost in space
Balanced out by nature’s scale
A counterbalance is change
Moving to a new state of mind
To nurture not own
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Deep in debt reflects on imbalance as both ecological and philosophical crisis — suggesting that a culture built on ownership, extraction and unchecked accumulation has drifted dangerously far from the deeper laws of reciprocity, limit and care.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.