To Be Human Poem by Gert Strydom

restrains us from the animal instinct,
the cruel, dominating overpowering thing
and unlike the lion, leopard or eagle
that has to destroy to live
we take the difficult route
where sincerity, justice, truth and love reigns
and where we deal out mercy
trying to understand the message
behind the intensity of eyes,
trying to find the way
among the intricacy that life holds
and with values and systems of belief
we care about life and living,
rather than dealing out death and destruction.

© Gert Strydom