Janne van Kesteren Poet Rhyme

Something we can’t explain

To explain what we are
Is a difficult thing to perceive

It’s something to strive for
But you wouldn’t achieve

It depends on the audience
And what they believe

One may say we are just animals
But with emotions like disgust and grief

Another will tell us we evolved from something
That lived deep down the reef

Or we can compare ourselves to monkeys
Like we compare a branch with a leaf

Because like that, one will not be here without the other
But this theory doesn’t bring me relief

There’s a certainty:
Our mystic life here is brief

Thinking we can explain what we are
Leaves us just being one thing: naive

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