Who Says Words with my Mouth response

The first thing that called my attention to this poem were the lines,

"My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that,
And I intend to end up there"

This is an extremely Western thought principle that seems to fundamental to our society that it is often mistaken for the natural feelings of humankind. Eastern Tradition is founded on the idea of internal divinity, the idea that the entire world is Brahman, one divine being. The Western Stoic and Judaic thought inspired the idea that the divine exists outside of the world, manipulating something unholy and foul, the concept that we come into this world, as opposed to emerging out of it like a plant.

We go around with the idea that we do not belong here, not a part of the world,

"I could break out of this prison of drunks.
I didn't come here of my own acord, and I can't
leave that way
Whoever brought me here will have to take me
home"

We look up expecting answers, as in the beginning, I certainly do that, and this can prove to be a problem, but the author realizes the solution in the final stanza. Poetry, us pouring fourth ideas from our inner soul. One way or another, the entirety of our thoughts and culture from from our own minds, the human subconscious.