Growing Up

A bit like primates we are

Biting our nails

for something to chew,

Picking our skin where it hangs

Subconsciously carrying the dark ages

through Heredity.

Savages:

Without education

or learned customs

our culture would be as bred

as an Irish Setter

or a Stallion...

fearful and playful...

Having moods unconnected to a brain

of reasoned movement.

Acting on impulse

Like any girl protesting her womanhood.

by Sharon Cordes Okrasa

Words In Motion 2014