The Answer is not yours to demand but ours to live.

The lovers faced the sphinx again as they always did, hand in hand with their children, grandchildren, family and friends from near and distant lands. Young and energetic, wise and experienced, they came to the gate and stopped. Walking and running and crawling, they came to the gate. Supported on sturdy backs, raised up on broad shoulders, carried in strong arms, they came to the gate. Night and day, through storm, drought, fire and snow, they came to the gate. Not waiting passively but working. And the gates fell.