I Live

Forty years it took me, to realize that I am

a life form on this world.

Forty years I resisted.

Forty years, I would not yield to this

flesh prison.

To these solid inconveniences.

To these slimy sticky relationships.

But forty years past I am here, still.

And yes, I am: A life form in this world.

As much as I resisted.

As much as I cried, wailed, begged to come out.

To end it.

I am here, I am this.

I wish to escape no longer.

I am here. This is me.

I Live.

Amidst everything else that lives.

And we are what we are.

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