humbled and amazed

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the question of
free will
had been decided

the mind made up
like a bed, comfortable
with itself

now cracks appear
in this once great certainty
of self-governance

humbled by the observation
that decisions made
on an empty belly
are not the same
as those of a full one

amazed
at the influence
of genetics,
the sway of hormones,
of cultural conditionings
and those pesky habits
that tag along each day

what remains
when they are all
set aside?

what is left?

what then governs the flow
of actions, emotions
and thoughts?

entering the palace of wonder,
the vast space of not knowing
is enlivening
to the mind that used to crave
and cling to certainty