Time To Grow Up Poem by Egal Bohen

Blindfolded by our own perception of what we are
Unaware of the forces within and around us
Focused upon primitive goals
Generating continual conflict
Wanting everything that we need not
Looking always for answers
Never seeing that which stares us in our face
Every moment of our conscious being
Small wonder mankind is confused
Small wonder mankind knows not how to behave
Large wonder mankind still manages to exist

We act like children as we play out our lives
Oblivious to that shimmering haze
Of energy, space, and time
From which we are all formed
The time has come for us to look around
Time for us to face the truth
The time has come for us to know the stage we are upon
Time for us to recognise the forces that support our world
The time has come for us to understand what we are
Time to grow up