Rat In The Maze

The rat did know how many days he had been in the maze

He did not care, but his instinct told him that he needed to be out

Outside, somewhere, anywhere, at least not in the maze.

 An eternity seemed to pass and the rat became sentient, he became self aware.

He thought that he still wanted out

But now he began to think about his situation and started to care.

“If I get out of here what would I do…where would I be ?”

“Would my world cease to exist ?”

“How do I know if there is a place that I really can not see ?”

“Then there is the matter of food, and the concept of evil and good

There is always food here in the maze, a piece of cheese, a cracker,

I don’t know what to do, I wish I understood.”

He thought, “I saw God once, at least I think I saw his hand placing the cheese in my path,

When I am hungry I just pray to God and the cheese eventually appears.

And he always leaves water to drink and for my bath”

If you do not under stand the moral of this story and have no reason to strive

I am sorry and really saddened to say

You don’t have a rat’s chance in getting out of here alive.

mikeb