Ann Peck Poet Rhyme

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Written May 23, 2025

For "As We Metamorphose" contest by Unthinking Thinker

As We Metamorphose

As people, we have begun to change,
Incrementally, thoughts rearrange.
Are we still the person we once seemed?
Or, were our thoughts seduced as we dreamed?

Words bandied about of kindness, good,
thoughtfulness, we felt we understood,
We now discard them, trading for lies,
as dollar signs dance before our eyes.

Perhaps life imprints each memory,
as good or bad, however perceived.
Faintly, it's then passed into a gene,
to be reborn to a new lifestream.

Will humans evolve; will cyborgs advance?
Will warring end, will Earth get a chance?
Will we find the values we have lost?
Will we remember what loss has cost?

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Andrea Dietrich June 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM Great questions you ask in this poem. Good luck in the contest Ann Peck June 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM Thanks, Andrea! I think we'd better hurry up and stop changing the good things we humans have!

Paula Goldsmith May 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM I enjoyed reading your "As We Metamorphose" write. Great Ending... Life is always changing. "Good Luck" Have a blessed/wonderful day writing away............. Ann Peck May 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM Thanks, Paula. You are so kind to comment about my poems.