Forgetting wariness allows friendliness,
Warlike defenses fall :
That is the weak–link.
Human .
The higher animals [ all of them ],
Move beyond the fight, the flight,
To the friendship, organic addition—
The next level ;

Not robotic, but conscious decision ;
Branches removed from
Poriferan clades,
Ancient .
Is befriending strangers defining,
Like having prominent chins ?
Yes, even connections with contraptions :
Being human .

The whirring machines like tail–wagging dogs,
No judgment or demands .
Thus, some will become
Hermits .
Although one may decompose off–grid,
Mother is there at birth .
The essentiality of language
Beckons loners

Hence from the dark shadows of the wield
To lightsome sward, where most
Take it to the next
Level .
Beyond the hearty handshakes of brothers,
To a union of auras
In beaded light–years spun like cotton webs :
Awe from laced hands .

Eros is the losing of one’s mind,
Level by next level ;
From limbs conjoined to
The kiss,
And even closer :   [CENSORED], the goal
Being—one human being :
Subtraction through addition ;  questioning
Entry level

Compared to subsequent levels ventured :
Social evolution,
Family to clans,
Nations
Of lonely people seeking others
Reflecting back their shadows,
Heartening each to brave the next level—
Not always up .

*[ WSB ]_.