Time to Grow Up

Blindfolded
By our own perception of what we are
Unaware
Of the forces within and around us
Focused
Upon primitive goals
Generating
Continual conflict
Wanting
Everything that we need not
Looking
Always for answers
Never
Seeing that which stares us in our face
Every moment of our conscious being

Small wonder
Mankind is confused

Small wonder
Mankind knows not how to behave

Large wonder
Mankind still manages to exist

We act like children as we play out our lives
Oblivious
To that shimmering haze
Of energy
Space
and
Time
From which we are all formed

The time has come
For us to look around

Time
For us to face the truth

The time has come
For us to know the stage we are upon

Time
For us to recognise the forces that support our world

The time has come
For us to understand what we are

Time
For us to grow up

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Egal Bohen