Thoughts about winning
What is there to win
if winning we will lose
gifts with which we start
this harrowing life?
I decline the race
against another’s best.
I am not defined
by others’ praise.
Life is not a contest
but an invitation
to stand in the fire
of the holy alchemist.
If it sells it’s good. Is that our culture’s motto? War sells. Arms sell. Sex sells. Cheap goods [...]