2010 Poem ‘Personality’ by Walter Lerchner, U.S.A. from the Book ‘Realizations’ Pages 34 and 35

Skin color, cultural heritage, religious background
might all influence behavior – but none of them define it

The inner workings of our mind are
much more subject to individual personality

Initial wiring of our brain
intelligence, sexual predisposition
might be part of the making
of our own, individual personality
But these do not define us permanently either

We are subject to shaping by our peers and parents
We are always subject to learning and development
Small realizations give us joy and change us every day

Children can learn and adapt much quicker

But even adults change their mind
and are changed by other’s minds as well
The child in us always wants to learn and grow
Wants to understand, to be loved and understood

So let’s love each other, teach each other, help each other
So that we can learn and understand
change and grow each day

Never to be imprisoned
by the walls of a never changing personality