Perhaps I will leave saving the world
to greater minds and braver spirits.
I am not cut for profundity, too meagre
to become a hero, and clearly lack
the necessary charisma to inspire others.
There has always been something
missing in my constitution
that prevented me from even approaching
the depths of the sages’ wisdom
I desperately desired.
And since I cannot pave new paths,
all that remains is to limit damage
within the existing ones, at least
in my own backyard.