Darwin

From ancient blackened earth our lives emerged
Affirming eon's cycling through soil's time
But in the end all creatures had diverged.

Though ash and cinder oft contributes grime
To rising zephyr souls whose breaths are numb,
The weathercock and vane, when tossed by clime,

Expel arrays of song with cogent thrum
And sweep away gray residues to place
on this sad groaning land a laudanum.

Our tingling bodies rise and fall with grace
At measured rates and epics of no date
Hold myths instilling dramas to embrace.

Each moment burns a candlewick of fate.
Our nurture and our nature maybe blurred
Yet our atomic cells that did not wait.

From slime to flesh and blood genetics stirred.
Man's science know what brought each life to birth
But not the why existence had occurred.

Now we are stewards tending to our Earth.
This we must do with highest care and worth.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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March 29, 2015 at 9:41 AM
- A small greeting and warm welcome, Shirley :) - Thank you for choosing to share your poems here at the P- Soup - Looking forward to read many poems from you in the future - // Anne-Lise :)
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March 27, 2015 at 11:02 PM
Shirley, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends @-> LINDA <-@
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March 26, 2015 at 12:14 PM
Shirley, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT"
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