I am not innocent
But naïve
Deficient in sufficient
Reasoning
To blind to see
That what I see
Is limiting me
Spiritually void
Not for lack of gods
But for lack of faith
In anything
Except the unknown
My eyes see what they can
But being merely human
There is so much I miss
Being merely man
I will soon be mortally dismissed
Sorely ******
With all of my failures
My ineptitude
Stemming from my attitude
That latitude I give
Giving leeway to myself
The stupor of inaction
Clouded by a false sense
Of satisfaction
I gained by creativity
When these words don’t belong to me
And do little to alleviate humanity’s
Suffering
I sit back and wonder
Why
Chase the tides
And try and fix the ocean
I have no notion
Of success
When I am just a pebble
Barely disturbing the surface
With tiny ripples
Inevitably settling on the bottom
While the levels stay the same