Philosophy 101

If you try to invade me I will conquer you
If you try to fight me I will crush you
If you try to destroy me I will turn you into dust

I will not give without compensation
I will not take without trade
I will not love or hate without just desert

I am born without guilt
laughing at fear
selfish in spirit

there is no suffering except the kind I choose to bear
there is no happiness except the kind I choose to achieve
there is no life except the kind I choose to live

I am the strength
I am the vision
I am the hero
I am the creator

I am the man of mind.

©’07 Anja Hartleb-Parson

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