what's the identity
of this entity?
i'm a lifeform
who needs to evolve
not a problem
that needs to be solved.
tell me,
is it my heart
you're seeing?
and
can you fault a being
for being?
subsistence and resistance
the resistance of existence --
striving to surviving
surviving to thriving
succumbing to overcoming --
my journey of becoming.
from dust and ash
arisen.
more chapters to be
written.
beyond the hurdles
this mortal
reaches a swirling
portal.
before shuts that door
of time
and these feet of mine
meet that line
a being learning to be
better
shall you find.
©️ matt decker
