Instinct

Jude 10 New English Translation (NET Bible)

10 But these men do not understand the things they slander,

and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals,

they instinctively comprehend.

 

Instinct

 

“Instinct”, I don’t think of it much ... is it based on self-survival?

“Only of the flesh” I mean ... for surely it is not spiritual

Is it then of Satan ... who tries to survive the natural

as he craves for attention ... for his power is temporal?

 

When you deny yourself ... let us say if possible

Where then does instinct go ... will it just disappear?

The automatic reflection ... of your hunger to survive

For all flesh we realize ... is possibly based on fear

 

Not always in reaction ... is your life at stake

So instinct by it self ... must be much broader

May be it is at the core ... of every human being

Before reasoning takes effect ... to be crowned in its own murder

 

Jan Wienen

This poem is about: 
My country
Our world

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