Inheritance

We are an amalgam
Of all we have been,
Not just in our life
But in our DNA/RNA.
We are a killer beast
With a veneer of
Modern civilization.
For 50,000 we have
Tried to think things
That previously we
Only felt,
You cannot think
To hit a baseball,
You must rely on
Our older brain to
Hit it for us
Without thinking.
Is sex the same,
Is the excitement
Just a holdover
Of the violence we
Hold deep in our
Inheritance from
The past.
I wonder we are
Able to function
At our present
Level of technology
When our behavior
Is still so closely
Tied to millions
Of years of
Struggle to
Survive.
Can we
Ever free
Ourselves
Of the anger
And violence
From our
Past.