Crude Sophistication
Honesty
is whom vouches for truth.
This bright human goodness
not tampered with timidity
but rather grown in a raw power
termed self-descipline.
Because to be humane
and to be human
are really separate things.
Hold tightly to respect
not for the idea
but for the consideration of the speaker;
the sovereignty, the individual,
who isn't material enough
to call themselves I
in the what, not the why.
Just as in science,
theories call each other facts.
Don't believe words you are told;
believe in the human being.
Don't do a thing because it is easy
or because you want to fit in
with a group of any kind.
A group merely
sells masks for its members
because that is the only way
they can be together.
Instead,
join a fellow person
by the confidence you get with them
in the things you truly believe.
is whom vouches for truth.
This bright human goodness
not tampered with timidity
but rather grown in a raw power
termed self-descipline.
Because to be humane
and to be human
are really separate things.
Hold tightly to respect
not for the idea
but for the consideration of the speaker;
the sovereignty, the individual,
who isn't material enough
to call themselves I
in the what, not the why.
Just as in science,
theories call each other facts.
Don't believe words you are told;
believe in the human being.
Don't do a thing because it is easy
or because you want to fit in
with a group of any kind.
A group merely
sells masks for its members
because that is the only way
they can be together.
Instead,
join a fellow person
by the confidence you get with them
in the things you truly believe.