| Poetics IV: The Human Nemesis To grow authentic, to progress human, it helps to know what you're up against A finite number of issues historic define The Condition Human All pertain to human conditioning and from the ashes, three arise precise In order of awareness they are these: Self, Other, Authority Their source you could search, which seems futile in a lifespan Their solution you could study, that too eludes the mind's grasp Better to sit with the predicament and let mystery reveal itself But can the creature of reason really settle for revelation? |