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Understanding ourselves
It makes us authentic
When we understand ourselves
We see beyond the shells
Of skin, class, and religion
The seeds of all division
Understanding will set in motion
Waves of human emotion
To shake hands and settle
The false, the mind can’t peddle
We need not travel very far
Understanding has a low bar
Looking within, with innocence
Accepting, we swim in immanence
In us, there’s much to uncover
We cast our eyes on another
In a growing web, we’re trapped
Every moment, we fight to adapt
Understanding makes us authentic
Changes it brings aren’t cosmetic
Uprooting deep-seated falsity
The source of our animosity
Everyone wants to get ahead
But, from the same seed we’re bred
By understanding ourselves
To competition, we bid our farewells
At the mercy of the mind’s weather
We fail to see we are in this together
Everyone leaves behind empty shells
Taking only what we know of ourselves
