Why should a man be
This or that alone
Boxed into some corner of a finite mind
We are all
Complex, contradictory
Creatures improperly displayed
On the mantles of our own
Significant delusions.

Each man’s mystery is unique
And each man’s reasoning
Woefully uncertain
In its quivering grasp of human nature.

Copyright ©1999 by Laurence Overmire. All rights reserved.
Published in Poetry the Write Way: Webstatic – First Journey (Sept. 2000)
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