WE KNOW
We know why we say yes or no
why we lie down and why we get up
why we smile and why we frown
why we work or stay at home
why we hug and kiss and love
what makes us happy and what does not
we know everything about ourselves
is that not so.
Do we really know what makes us tick
why we do this or that what color we pick
why we choose our friends and mates
why we go to bed early or late
why we hate and why we love
why we feel sorry and why we do not
do we really know why we do
what we do and when.
If you answered in the affirmative
are you not really fooling yourself
take my word for it you are
for it took over six hundred thousand
years to mold Homo sapiens and
no one has as yet figured out
just what makes us what we are.
HERBERT HOLZBAUER
© April 1997 |