First Aid Kit

If I were an inhuman being,

with no need for the materials of sustenance

that keep my body operative,

I would be content to live out my days

with only a book for a companion

so I could pass the time

with familiar friends

and be taken away from myself.

But I am a human being,

and no matter how I yearn

to surpass components of vitality

and exist in the philosophical world,

they are orchestrators in my existence.

And as a human being,

I choose to keep with me

the emergency care

that will mend my ailments.

I choose bandages,

to cover the wounds

inflicted upon spirit and skin.

I choose ointments and salves,

to cleanse my body of toxins

That may impede upon both life and thought.

I choose tweezers,

to remove the splinters

that have fissured into my soul.

I choose scissors,

to cut away at the bandages

that allow avoidance of fears and reality.

I choose a first aid kit.