This is not your voice

This is not your breath

It is not the consequence of something heaven sent

The tower that begs ascending

With polished steps reflecting failure

Grasping at destinies laid before

A fall from such heights would break any beast

Having felt the lurching rhythm of the earth

Vetted against the beating of the heart

With the sun and moon's attraction

Measured against a clawing hand in the longing dark

Without, within

Not without temptation

The pretension of being enraptured with a concept

While being lost in a completionist's reverie

Without the problems of inherent obsolescence

Waxing

Waning

Dissolving

Draining

Is this the lauded humility?