Testing the Limits

Testing the limits of words,
how long stand true,
not so much scientific facts,
but the emotions
we accept as being human,
and part of life;

to share as human
with all forms of life that know
cool of shade in summer,
feel of wind and the smell of rain,
the needs of thirst and hunger,
for shelter and procreation,
the will to live;

these are shared by flora and fauna,
if not in words,
then in forms of self-expression.
In short, works by which we are known.