Two Projects (Or Three)

Perhaps it starts with me
Or maybe out in the world
My contributions designed
Improve self or
Help society or
Serve individuals

Whether it's transcendence
Or gifts to others
Or system architecture
Is perhaps a false choice
Imperative doubles
If I don't have to select
And work now on both

Can I relax
Understanding it's cool?
Perhaps perhaps not
Tension won't be removed
No matter the frame

Directed stress however
Is certainly the game
So there it all is
Choose each and stay primed
For no man is an island
And one must be kind