They say with some frivolity that we humans
Are nothing more than cucumbers with emotion.
Even in this bizarre drollery 
There is some existential irony
As we go from one diet to the next;
One new year’s resolution to the next;
One promise of commitment to another;
One version of truth to another;
One moral compass point to the next;
One exhausted ideology to the next …
Always yearning, needing and wanting;
Promoting, demoting, hiding and flaunting; 
Also faltering, crumbling, momentarily falling;
Then rising and moving, stoically persevering; 
But ever Hoping; always enduring
To become ever better; to build something lasting.
And so we continue to live on our blue green planet, 
Perpetually watering 60% of our body weight;
Unconsciously threading into the throb of Existence
As it weaves its alchemy in the H2O continuance 
In and around us; into the grand scheme of things;
Our emotions are there to remind us of this.
So the next time you feel somewhat overwhelmed, 
Under the weather; emotionally spent;
Take a deep breath, and remember ladies and gents.  
That we’re just watery green vegetables endowed with sentiment.