greatness seeks no conflict
but you have entered its home.

if you battle a bear
it will not submit

the end will be a dark animal
walking away
from a broken body

or you rising bloody
with a new skull and fur coat,
wounded

in any case,
you will not give up
what you started

the beating of the chest
the beasting of the blessed
a newborn
a guest

a great man
ever ending
going home.

Winter 2026