Reroute

I cant tell the future

But I can recognize patterns well

I recognize human voices

I recognize myself

Sometimes the community seems to suggest

That we are cows

Heading through a corral

Unconscious and unprepared

But we are intelligent

We are very self-aware

Even of our limitations

I don't see our genetic limits as a weakness

It seems to be our egoism by which we are easily unraveled

Intimidated and defeated

Persuaded and mislead

Enticed and sold

"I just bought the new...."

"I just saw the latest...."

"I just traded some of my self-worth over to the trendiest...."

We think and behave politically

But the politics are the scapegoat

The monster is inside

The path to liberation is inside