277 - We know something when we judge that it's right

We know something when we judge that it’s right
But judgement’s really only a feeling
Our feelings amount to desire for flight
From pain, while to the pleasure gods kneeling.
What gives pleasure or pain starts revealing
Before we’re born, from ancestors passed on
Through moments of pleasure before sealing
Of tombs, those quiet rooms for everyone.
We don’t choose ancestors or what gives fun;
We just discover it, and what gives fright,
And what we hate, and what is appealing,
And hope we fit in with the convention.
And if we do, then we can judge alright,
But if we don’t, they’ll say we need healing.
Fri 8 June 2007