Power isn't what corrupts. The excuses you find in it is what corrupts.

All those women you think are attracted to you? They are not.

Ever feel excluded? Good. The first step is always feeling something yourself.

The second is not: responding in kind.

A desire for immortality is no justification for tribalism.

The mirrors are always cracked. Stop looking in them.

I did not see your cold hands,

or shake tears off like snow

because I might have climbed

inside, that wood, that

box and lay

myself beside

you.