Is It Too Much To Ask To Stay Human?

Is It Too Much To Ask To Stay Human?
(December 8th, 2021)

Is it too much to ask to stay human?
To not be robbed of my five, beautiful senses?
To not let the worst of technology
Overpower the best of humanity?
Oh, how arrogant we are!
That we could stand at the edge of the ocean
And still, somehow, feel important!
Is it too much to ask to stay human?
With all the sufferings that come with it?
To ache and groan with pain and woe -
Why do we run away from such things?
To be sick, to grow old and sere-
These things that must be,
There’s beauty in them if we have eyes to see - -
Is it too much to ask to stay human?