What makes us human

What makes us human? 

Philosophers of the ancient days said: 

It is love

Animals love

They stay true to their partners

Parents look after their young with passion and zeal

It is friendship: 

Animals have friendship

They do not abandon their friends

They love their friends for who they are

It is respect: 

Animals respect

Crows respect their parent better than human

Elephants will risk their lives for their parents

It is wisdom: 

Animals have wisdom

Humans borrowed wisdoms from animals since thousands of years ago

Animals know how to live and enjoy better than us human

So what makes us different? 

Is it: 

Regret that dwells on our past? 

Wrath that prey upon our enemies and rivals? 

Envy that kills our friend? 

Pride that towers over the Tower of Babel? 

Lust that makes strongest of us fall? 

Sloth that stops us from doing anything? 

Greed that will devour anything and everything? 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I think this one was from 2010 when I had some issues

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Stardust's picture

wow. interesting read. you

wow. interesting read. you raise some important questions my friend. i think the last lines concentrate on the seven deadly sins, if m not wrong. u probably overlooked gluttony, which is a serious issue these days, what with our over-indulgence in anything that holds the slightest value in this materialistic world.

anyway, genuinely liked it. :) poems like this r what we need more :)

chansamuel's picture

Thank :D

Yes the last line was suppose to concentrate on gluttony. I still remember I had hard time thinking of a line for gluttony and decided to skip it haha