More of a Rant than a Poem

selective understanding

what chemical in our brains
causes emotion to shut down reason
is emotion simply too powerful
to subdue in our fragile human state
or is it ignorance
that causes logic to falter
when confronted with an idea
our brains focus on what we know
cling to it – violently –
there – what causes some minds
to snap shut in that instance
and others to open wide
to let in more information

ltv
11/20/09