A meditation on survival and the quiet defiance of simply being alive. A reminder that breath outlasts legacy. This piece reminds us: being alive — messy, flawed, defiant — is the real triumph. The dog doesn’t care about the lion’s legacy. It pisses because it can. Survival isn’t glamorous, but it’s powerful. And sometimes, the lowest creature delivers the final insult to greatness.

This isn’t reverence. It’s resistance.