Two kinds of Minds

Human minds
have two tasks to solve,
one tougher than the other:
they have to deal with nature
and they have to deal with one another.

Nature is the easier to tackle:
reliable, consistent,
showing the same face all the time…
…humans lie and pretend,
stab you in the back,
when they do nothing but smile.

I love nature,
pry her secrets, learn her laws,
understand the complexity
mother nature throws our way,
and when she reveals her secrets
those secrets will reliably stay.

The others, who deal with people,
understand and control their ways
have to dance on tight-rope wire
balancing over the abyss,
try to anticipate sudden twists
and it is god to whom they pray…
… while every minute of their lives
it is us they depend on, every step of the way.

When they use their cell phones,
email their friends, advertise on TV,
drive a car or fly on a plane,
eat their food or consult a doctor,
they place their lives in our hands…

…without those hands
they would cower
in the cold and the dark
or try to book a passage
on Noah’s ark.