then

if death can find me

if death can find me
anywhere then there is no
safe space in this world

if i cannot find
a me-shaped place in the world
then i will make one

if the future is 
mine to create then i should 
make the one i want

encourage the good
and if you will not then just
pass him in silence

i might perceive things
correctly then act rightly
and fail anyway

one taste of haiku
and then before you know it:
epic poetry

if i want the things 
you do not have then i must 
do what you will not

if wrestling is fake
then explain why this tin foil
makes such a great hat

when my gaze pleases
then good fortune comes to me
from its direction

always wear a smile
the gift of life will then be
yours to give away