I am a just warrior who carries an invincible sword to decapitate demons that threaten my nobility
I am the fallen one who broke his Excalibur on the argonite rocks of lust and adventure
I am a slave abnegating self in the service of a tyrannical muse
I am an arrogant adolescent trying to shield myself from my frailties
I am an insecure intellectual stuffing my head in hopes of being honored by my peers
I am a warm-hearted sage who has a boundless cache of compassion and love for the entire universe
I am a vulnerable boy who is terrified of isolation and abandonment
I am a sexual renegade who finds little sacred and assails in the sea of temptation and desire.
I am an absentminded professor who loves to tinker with technology and ponder the greatest mysteries of the universe
I am a sensitive man who laughs and cries too easily for society's approval
I am a passionate judge who tries comprehending nature's judicial system to guide my life's moral and ethical decisions
I am a lonely man who feels exiled from society by my ego's inflexibility
I am a fundamental Spiritualist who lies in the intersection of Christianity and Buddhism.
I am a teacher who wants to share my strength and hope, which born from strife becomes a loving expression
I am an artist who studies the beauty of nature and the nature of beauty
Kaz Maslanka
June 30, 2000