shallow

i'm a warrior,
i must work.
i'm a warrior,
i must
walk, and talk,
and be alive,
like a bee in a hive
of life.

i'm a warrior.
i must
try
to be 

not perfect -
at least, alive.

i'm a stupid mess.
a plankton in the sea,
element of a biomass
bio-
mess
unless
i'm not dead.

i must try
to be alive
loud and red,
not green,
not Osiris,
not lead.

but i dont wanna
dont wanna live
dont wanna
be a warrior,
be myself!

a shelf
of the sea
is shallow,
and i
also shallow
rather be.