I will not be drawn;

I will not be quartered.

 

I will not buy in and

take on civilisation’s dross.

 

I am instead a man of gratitude;

delighted by life, even at its worst.

 

I will not be painted;

I will not be cornered.

 

I am,

and I am who I am.

 

Each day is magic;

each day has pain.

 

25/1/2020