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Degradation

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Life revolts against 
the fundamental law of Nature
for all things to inevitably degrade
to maximum disorder, entropy
with minimum free energy.

Life builds structure and order
against the trend
and needs to capture 
and burn energy continually
to maintain its form and existence
against the ravages
of entropy and decay.

To survive living things must
conserve themselves, 
transmit their seed 
to new generations
and develop more successful
forms in a continuum.

Once the chain of transmission
is broken, the life form
degrades to dust,
and ceases to exist, 
a dangling, fleeting species gone forever.

Life is an enigma, a peculiar chemistry,
a rebel against the laws of nature
fighting for the survival of its disparity
to avoid its inevitable degradation,
for now.

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Christuraj Alex Date: 10/9/2021 10:15:00 PM Great writing. Many points for reflection. Congratulations! Login to Reply John Anderson Date: 10/13/2021 11:43:00 AM Thanks for you kind words. Cheers

Jenna Logan Date: 10/9/2021 9:44:00 AM Congratulations on your winning write, John. Login to Reply John Anderson Date: 10/9/2021 2:50:00 PM Thanks very much, Best Wishes

Edward Ibeh Date: 10/9/2021 8:53:00 AM Congratulations on your win in my contest with this awesome poem, John:-) Peace and love. Login to Reply John Anderson Date: 10/9/2021 2:50:00 PM WOW, thanks

Joe Dimino Date: 9/19/2021 4:28:00 PM Well written; excellent write! Of course, if one adds into the mix, the notion that, life is illusion of consciousness, and intelligent, eternal spirit is behind physical manifestation...then much more we are able to understand, and logically explain. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/19/2021 5:31:00 PM Well, as a realist then...how can something be opposed to Nature when obviously in it, and therefore part of it? Just asking. John Anderson Date: 9/19/2021 5:17:00 PM Thanks for your comment. I am a realist and your logic is beyond me. Cheers