Can mere flesh transform consciousness?
Can a mind fasting from humanity
Recognize courage?
Compassion?
Mercy?
Justice?
Dignity?
Fairness?
When it denies itself the right to give?
Can mere flesh transform emotion?
Can a mind fasting from empathy
Recognize tears?
Pain?
Love?
Tenderness?
Loneliness?
Suffering?
When it denies itself the right to do so?
In the midst of indulgence
And vanity
Mere flesh bleeds
Until the soul has run dry