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