The Human Brain



The Human Brain ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
November 13, 2022

The human brain, cerebral wonder
Quite a marvel to behold!
Has it ever at all progressed?
if truth be truly told
Shall we now peruse the evidence
Laid out hopefully crystal clear
My heart doth truly palpitate
As we enter this realm of fear
Symmetrical protoplastic wonder
Your marvels we can’t deny
Yet lurking deep within your depths
Your synaptic structures belie
Potential for savior acts of kindness
So pure, so angelic and true
Yet in that very same convoluted organ
Inhumanity lies latent-Its evil to pursue
The conflict is an age old quandary
We see the results each and every day
A stranger pauses to rescue a puppy
A bigot spews words of venom so vile,
Such words I cannot even say
The potential to use gray matter for good
Remains vital like a smoldering ember
Still those very same synaptic connections
Can yield horrors we’d never want to remember
So what’s my point you rightfully ask
Why emphasize what we already know?
Is this just a brain game once again
Are these poetic words just for ego-feeding show?
Just saying there’s always potential in life
To focus cerebral energy on goodness, kindness and sanity
For the potential always lurks deep within
To destroy this very tenuous fragile humanity

About this poem

The potential of the amazing human brain to do good or to do horrific evil

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Written on November 13, 2022

Submitted by shulman.gary on November 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXA ABXBXCXCADXDXEXEFGFXGXAXAXHXHXFXF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,283
Words 230
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 33

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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