Look around
Pay attention
It is exhausting but essential
Living in your head doesn't make the world around you disappear
When you are also a body moving through space
Focus on the philosophical
but do not neglect the physical
Remember you are one of many
A mass that forms a unit
Singular, solipsistic
But not vindicated
Sodden, contaminated
We are a parasite on this Earth
We will witness the fall of this Roman-like civilization
Our way of life has a truncated future
While those who profit stick their head in the sand
Absolved of guilt, they will never achieve greatness
But what about beauty?
Goodness exists
There is not light without dark