Human animal

Human animals feel

And are driven by instinct

Hidden longings

Desire for nurture

A strong will to survive

Even if belied

The human animal

Does not fit ‘nicely’

Into the confining parameters of

Logic and reason

For the human animal

Is a complex and contrary beast

Beset by drives

That long ago became a mystery to

The mind

Not ever set apart from nature

Yet the human being

Longs to rise above it all

To become the

Supreme commander

Feeding on dreams of power

That sometimes become

Ultimately destructive

Nature contains the human animal

Surrounds us and binds us together

In cell

And bone

And skin

And tissue

The human animal is bound to

Both fall and rise

But in the end the power of entropy

Will ensure

The body of the human animal decays

And falls away

So let us hold fast to the soul

That keeps us in tune with all of these

Powerful instinctual drives

Of the human animal