The Hamlet Project

You may passionately believe something
I may believe you believe it –
I believe in your belief
But when it comes down to it
I will need my own eyes to confirm impossibilities.
Skepticism is an intellectual value
To hold tight to logic and rationality
Until confronted with something one can’t rationalize.
You won’t see me setting out to disprove ghosts
Or psychic phenomenon
But I will cluck my tongue
And “reserve judgment” though I’m judging always
And smile a condescending smile.
I will do this, because I can’t help it
Because this is how I was raised
And how I was taught
But it will shake when my senses overpower everything.