Human

It is a unique privilege and purgatory

To be human

To be a sinner and a victim of sins

All at the same time

It is a relentless journey

To wonder what peace feels like

And discover it after a while of pondering

Just to eventually realize

Maybe this is not what one ought to be -

Calm as ice, unaffected, unmoved

As strong and steady as a rock

For don't we all love a little shake?

That ends the dream, 

but drives us awake

It is marvelous though unsettling

To let yourself just feel

Every emotion

As with its strong wave it wipes out clear

The dreams and sandcastles you built

While you discovered peace

In the end I realize 

Of all the ways I try to just be

I find it easiest

To be human

When I have few fellow miserable ones with me