tortured by the agony of self laceration – full of pain and fear – my sense of self-preservation keeps me alive – the whole way of life paved by affliction and danger – more & more I recognize the cruelty of reality – reality the greatest plot of life one walks – talks – sees – breathes – but doesn’t live – no – rather serve the growing edifice that controls our so – called life – death gives way to the living – straight into freedom way out of this edifice everyone a brick in this stonework and day by day more people live in it hour by hour their power rises and inevitably steals our breath