If You Can... Poem by Dr John Celes

If you can sense earth’s gravity,
And whirling motion of the earth,
If you can see each twig, leaf grow,
Aware of each cell-division.

If you can hear inaudible sounds,
And insect noise and when breeze blows;
If you can hear your creaking joints,
And churning, grinding in stomach.

If you can see the stars, planets,
Just by your naked eyes afar;
If you can count your beats of heart,
And air into and out of lungs.

Then,
You could turn insane at once,
And never sleep or enjoy foods;
You would then curse your very birth,
And die early, yearning for mirth.