no fame to bear
I’ve been busy
practicing my breathing
and counting to ten
starting over when
lost in thought
or making it to the end
I’m fine with dying
in obscurity
my drive for change
often buffeted by the wind
that uncontrollable force
[nine times out of ten]
making you pause
and contemplate
the world around you
the breathing & counting
will not broker peace
though it may take you
into new perspectives
such as how the mind
may not necessarily
be reliant upon the body
february two thousand twenty-four
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