I

I am a stalwart—breakable.

I am a tower—dismissible.

I am a position—throwable.

A state,

A mind,

A heart that combine

To make me—

Sometimes subtracted from me,

Sometimes added to me.

I run with a walk,

I take pride in non-pride,

I breathe in breathlessness,

I live in death,

I die in the living.