Thursday, October 09, 2008

Nature

What part of you is you?
I've been told a modicum,
And everything else is a product of tradition,
And institutionalization.

But if you want to do justice to that speck,
That would not even cover the point of a pin,
Do not follow what you might call Conscience,
Because your true self doesn't have such gumption.

What might have to be done is a fine disection,
To ascertain what is yours and what's not,
And you will know when you've stripped all of the excess,
Because nothing will appear out of shot.

And it's alright,
If you need to take a moment, then.
It can be quite overwhelming to find out your nature,
Is not made up of virtue and sin.

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