A butcher in the middle of his work, knife cutting through fresh meat. Around him everything is digital chaos, “KEEP OUT” warnings, QR codes, “Banned for 13 days.” But the words stand strong in the middle “A man can die but once.”

It reminds me that no matter how much the digital world tries to slice us up, ban us, block us, or keep us out, we only get one real life. One real death. The butcher knows this, he deals with flesh every day. He understands what’s real and what’s not.

This piece is about staying grounded in our humanity. Even when the screens are screaming and trying to delete us, we’re still here, still made of blood and meat, still living by deeper truths that no code can touch.