Charcoal

Charcoal

To see the world sees fear slip in

Unnoticed it arrives and the clinging begins

At first to mother or father, for some no other

And mentality solidifies by the time you’re seven older

From tabula rasa ideally to MENSA

But that’s not the way life plays

The decision to think’s a deliberate action

It becomes a battle between believing and reasoning

The intense emotion is deep within psyche

Being happiness with your mind’s identity

That you can understand the world abstractly

In order confusion is swept away permanently

This journey of discovery can destroy fear

When reason becomes the conquering seer

Alas once more, humanity rejects the clear

Preferring self-destruction and mystical cheer