Contemplate Your Navel - Homeostasis Poem by Carol Toebe Whiting

What motivates beyond duty’s call?
Hubris, fear or something more banal?
Alpha leader seeking true belief?
Sheer survival, abstract relief?

No unity in Community
Chemistry travesty
Commonsense pretense
Colossal charade makes no sense

Eager to shine or only afraid
Approbation, avoid upbraid
Sanctioned incompetence
Failure can’t countenance

Seek sublime in world of high drama
One day comedy, farce or sad trauma
Awaiting a sign from Obama
Or blessing from Dali Lama

Fill the void of peace from within
Victims of tortured cerebral sin
Labyrinth mentality
Of disingenuous formality

Stress sustainability
Strained incredulity
Foster fear, harness hope
Human sphere interlope

There is no savior
For absurd behavior
Adapt align
Refrain resign