We Can

Somebody once said that people Would always strive for the impossible Because they could. People learn and make mistakes Fall and get up again Because it’s our nature. Humans don’t give up. So when you see a glimpse Of something unknown, something new You reach for it and try to grasp it. When Edison made the light bulb When Einstein made his laws When Newton discovered gravity They all were reaching into the unknown. If anyone had asked them Why they would bother doing so When life was already fine the way it was They all would have answered Maybe in a different way But meaning the same thing Because they can. Now when I open a book Drinking in knowledge Learning what I hadn’t known before I am discovering something new Something only I can discover And I’m making something amazing Out of the extraordinary. When somebody asks me today Why I bother learning now When I could leave it to someone else I tell them that without learning, Life is a waste, since humans will always reach to the unknown Because we can.