life breath

thank you thank
you
for life
given
to me so
that
I can
learn just
what the hell
is happening
to me and
spread
myself across
the bridge
I am waking up
from a crypt
of denial
I have been
in for
quite
a
while
hello from
alexandria
where
roads are
torn up
and
silence
is tested

your greatest
enemy is
yourself
because you
end it for yourself
always doubt
yourself
always comparing yourself
with others
defeat
you allow them to defeat
you because
you are
an enemy to yourself
and care
what they think
for some reason
for some
stupid reason

we are all
peasants
before God
get it in
your thick
skull

this is poetry
to me
sit down and
write
and don’t worry