Being Human
BEING HUMAN
Benevolent but bedeviled by his demons
Eternally yearning for salvation yet
Intrinsically entangled in a web of self-delusion
Neither able to adopt the earth nor earn the heaven
Garnering good deeds and scattering to the winds;
Human with beastly instincts; godly with an evil streak
Universally perceptive but is narcissist in nature,
Man is made in the image of God, resident of the paradise
Above all creatures, meant to walk upright
Neither to be fooled nor foiled yet tethered to moh-maya*.
(*Hedonism)
~"Being Human" Acrostic contest by John Hamilton
Copyright © Abdul Malik | Year Posted 2016
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