As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. Mahatma Ghandi

Poetry

The Human of You
by Vincent Parisi

The Human of you
is a FOOL!
It always
makes a fool
of You!
And eventually
will drive you
Coo Koo!
With a great
Believable excuse
It does it to protect
You!
But who is
This you?
As you can see
It’s the Human
Of you!
That’s who
The ego!
It always
Comes up with
An Excuse
That satisfies you!
Becoming a
Vicious circle
Making you
Look good!
The human of you
It’s NOT
The REAL you!
It’s the ego
That love’s
to drive you
Coo Koo!
At the end
The joke is
On you!
The Human
Of you!
Pays for all
It’s shenanigans
By becoming
Self destructive
Losing it’s health
And says
I can’t help it!
I am only human!
I was born like this!
It’s in my genes!
And you buy it!
Wake up!
Wake up!
You are also
A Being!
A Being!
What’s a being?
Says the human of you!
The being of you
Is the REAL you!
It’s Eternal!
The being of you
Never fools you
It’s that little voice
Telling the truth
That you are
A FOOL!
To listen to
The Human of you!
The ego!
That loves
To outsmart you
And you say
Thank you!
“I am the greatest!”
And then what?!
Where & What
Do you do with that
When it goes flat?!
Don’t worry
The human
Will have
A perfect
Cover up!
There is always
Alcohol and drugs
That will fix it
All up
Including you
The human of you!
The joke is on you!
The end of you!