Remember when instincts were all that we had?
We successfully navigated danger on the daily.
Now it’s conditioned perception and status quo,
Pushing us further from —
— all-natural understanding.
A key unlocking
basic gifts. Given
without a care.
We are born with all we need
To feel, know, and learn + explore
But with cognition and expectation
We betray what we know. We accept
Designer culture and stigmatic classes.
I don’t want to believe
In anything but myself
Because I know I’m here
But I can’t say for sure
About anything else.
Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 6:24 PM UTC
Remember when instincts were all that we had?
We successfully navigated danger on the daily.
Now it’s conditioned perception and status quo,
Pushing us further from —
— all-natural understanding.
A key unlocking
basic gifts. Given
without a care.
We are born with all we need
To feel, know, and learn + explore
But with cognition and expectation
We betray what we know. We accept
Designer culture and stigmatic classes.
I don’t want to believe
In anything but myself
Because I know I’m here
But I can’t say for sure
About anything else.
Wrote in a bar in Seattle, WA. Been a while since I "published" a poem longer than four lines.
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