“What Makes Us Human” by Ryan Garesio

Ryan Garesio

What Makes Us Human

What makes us human? Is it the way our heart explodes into constellations? Is it our skin? Or is it the insurmountable pressure we feel When our children are born and we ask: What now?

When everything we hold dear is on display (Like the lion in the cage) And we are confronted with ourselves, Life becomes the sky And we are but pieces of it—ablaze With astonishing bits of light.

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