I'm not an "educated" man
What story then
Could be told
Let alone
Relevancy
One lifetime
Three surnames
Foundational
"Identity"
Undefined
Conversely
Allegiance
Self-determined
Aligned within
While
External conflict
Rages
Accolades
Sweetly flavoured
Pitfalls
Enjoyed
For a
Fleeting moment
Then
Released
Before
Being dashed
Upon the
Fickle rocks
Of
Disapproval
Neither
Defines me
Neither then
My
Undoing
"Unexamined life"
"Not worth living"
Though
In doing so
I'm
Hard-pressed
To
Recall
Anything noteworthy
It's entirely
Possible
Whatever time
I have left
Might be
Best spent
Atoning
For acts
of
Omission
and
Commission
While
Endeavouring
To
Do no
Further harm
