is

my ultimate fate

my ultimate fate 
is to participate in 
my own genesis

my absurd conceit 
is to lead men of courage 
greater than my own

absence of nonsense
alone is insufficient
argument for truth

this new confidence 
is no more likely valid 
than my past mistakes

the focus i bring 
to this practice is the key 
to every practice

my beloved is 
not the only reaper who 
stalks this battlefield

this traffic is a 
demented video game 
with only one life

the buddha i am 
is not the same buddha as 
the buddha in me

the root of courage 
is a simple acceptance 
of the job at hand

there are no heroes
there is only this awful
noble decision