With careful steps do i make my way through life

i walk carefully and intentionally

but sometimes i throw myself into situations

when i do,

i always take the time to sit down afterwards

when i have gotten pushed and smashed to the ground

i let the situation slowly inhabit my bones

i make an effort to feel everything that just happened

and when i do, always do i learn something, always do i get back up.

I have come to the realization that i am invincible

even death can not break me

for i have already been broken so many times

and i dont recognize the person i once was,

will whatever remains after death recognize me?

does the butterfly recognize the green leafs it sits upon?

mostly i walk with careful steps

i look and listen

feel the ground beneath my feet

always do i learn something new

always do i crack myself open for the world

surely this effort will end in

wonderfull disaster.