An Itch

Why don't we treasure
all that we have?
Why do we yearn
for more than we need?
Three meals and a bed
that's all that we should ever seek.

But that insidious little voice
that rings inside our heads
tells of wonders beyond end
that in our restless state
drives us to contemplate
and let dissatisfaction rule our empty heads.

Is it human nature
to seek release
from the normality of contentment
and plunge off into the abyss of writhing desire?
Or are we trying to satisfy that irritating itch
of wanting that we can't naturally have?