What Makes Us Different

What Makes Us Different

As humans
What makes us different
Than any other species
Is it chemical
A molecule added
Or lost
Maybe a cell underdeveloped
Or over
Do not “lower” species
Have intelligence
Self-awareness
Abilities to communicate
Feel empathy
Do they not feel pain
Have emotions
Is it more to heart
To pressure blood to flow
Does our logic
The ability to reason
To be considerate
To value, to judge
That makes us superior
Is it we have a conscience
An ever-living soul
How is it that we fail
To value life so freely given
How do we allow
Our conscience, our soul
To be violated
Compromised
To destroy our clarity
Our self-worth
The ability to care
How can it be
We allow our sins
Our immoral behavior
To erode the foundations
Of our well-being
Does not physical
And spiritual development
Education advancement
And social adjustment suffer
Do we not know
From where our strength comes

Roy L. Nave
2018