Territory

the unit, impelled by life

desires to grow and thrive.

to grow, the unit must explore

what is beyond what it contains (embodies or knows)

and seek to bring that into itself.

how to grow body? it gathers and absorbs mass.

how to grow awareness? it gathers and absorbs perception.

how to grow wealth? it gathers and absorbs goods.

how to grow land? it gathers and absorbs land.

thus the unit reaches out and gathers

what it believes best for itself

to grow in scope and size

early on, it realizes world

is not mere passive mass

and goods to be acquired

it has other units too

and if the unit pushes harder to acquire

it will find harder pressure that comes back

from its surrounding Voronoi cells

who can either shrink or push back

but while alive, will not forget to push back.

the conflict is at an impasse

of victors and victims alone

until knowledge is apprehended

of the essential

that both units are of the same essence

of the same core

that my specialness of self is not unique

and that pushing against the other

is not unlike pushing onto my reflection

and expecting or hoping to win.

while greed persists, the urge to envelop and consume persists.

while pride persists, the urge to remain complete and unchanged by others persists.

while anger persists, the urge to change the other persists.

these three veil the seer from seeing

a constructiver alternative:

to share.