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Selfish Gene

Waste not, want not
Not more from me
I can't be what you want me to be
Be me now and be me free

Some want more than what they see
Others hold back and underachieve
We all want what more in greed
Some things work out when others need

We all have a selfish gene
Helping others when we need
Forcing wills onto those who believe
Hoping some may just achieve

Some are content and happy in nothingness
Blissfully aware of the lies in truthfulness
Others struggle for empty happiness
A kind of sadness born from a hollow awareness

Why do we always seek out to find
That which can plague our minds?
Pushing boundaries of self
Hoping to improve with or without help?

smellyfingers

@smellyfingers

Asking lots of questions and thinking through the ones that are unanswered!! Kik: smellyfingers soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/smellyfingers

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Comments & Feedback (10)

Thought you were going to have a rant about Dawkins, genetics or evolution there... Turns out it was more sentimental and close to home. πŸ’šβœ¨πŸ’šβœ¨

I think everyone has a selfish gene. β˜ΊπŸ‘

@naaviie no idea on Dawkins or his views but have read Darwin. I prefer to study my own actions, reasons and the cause and effect I have on those around me and vice versa. Altho slightly varying differences we all act and react in very similar ways to varying degrees. Human's emotions don't change we just evolve better ways to hide them or not 😘

@eddie12309 of course and some hide it more than others and some force it onto others which can turn into a battle of wills (do the washing up love. Yeah I'll do it later after football. No do it now. I said I'll do it later. But it's a mess in the kitchen. You do it then? No I do everything else. Then I'll do it later. Pause the football and do it now. Ect) lol battle of wills and selfishness, perhaps??? πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚β˜Ί

@smellyfingers lol. Have you been a fly on the wall in my house? Substitute footy for F1. πŸ˜‚

@eddie12309 hahaha every house repeats a mould!! Communication and compromise goes a long way, as does an understanding of the selfishness we all have πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

We are al

We're all the same, in different ways.

@smellyfingers absolutely.

@smellyfingers So deep I've lost the plot of what was going on in coronation street!!

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