Brain Game

[lennox222]

Of all that makes us what we are,
Engine of past and future gain,
Our greatest gift, our brightest star,
Man’s unknowable, knowing brain.

Countless billions of pathways bear,
Our deepest and most fleeting thoughts,
All that it means to be aware
Lies trapped within its daily plots.

Yet, deep within its function hides,
A subtle and inhuman trait,
A reptile reflex that provides
The core determinant of fate.

Each of us thinks that we decide,
By considered thought, our best plan,
Not knowing that we have just relied
On the reptile urge of the inner man.

Here is the mark of reptile lust
That all about us is danger,
Self-protect and never trust,
Anyone who is a stranger.

Search deep within our history book,
With an unblinking, reptile eye,
See fellow men with jaundiced look,
Common humanity deny.

We all must summon our left brain,
Our reptile impulse to resist,
Rationalise and then restrain,
Persuade the right brain to desist.

Let our power of logic reveal,
Our world and mankind as they are,
Lay the ground for our souls to heal,
Let tolerance be our guiding star.