1 Kings 3:26 

²⁶ The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused.

She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!”

But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

Instinct

“Instinct”, I don’t think of it much.

Is it based on self-survival?

“Only of the flesh”, I mean

for sure it is not spiritual.

Is it then of Satan,

who survives the natural?

To get the attention he craves for

for his power is temporal.

When you deny yourself

or let us say if possible.

Where than 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