We Are Energy

We are pure energy,
drawn from the stars—
adrift in a vacuum halfway
between sun and Mars. 

Is our existence
the product of chance—
or the musings of gods
who create with a glance?

Scheming with purpose,
they sculpt nascent ooze—
to grant agency's gift:
the freedom to choose. 

We travel through time
and grow old in this place. 
And ponder the void
that permeates space. 

With power to ascend;
yet ignoble of mind. 
And to matters of goodness,
we've gone totally blind. 

We stand at a crossroad
of virtue and lust. 
So to spread wings of valor,
or return to the dust?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Deschler Avatar
January 24, 2021 at 12:15 PM
With all the great minds in this world, you would think someone would know something about the meaning of life, yet we know very little...You give the reader much to ponder on with this wonderful poem... An excellent work with smooth flowing rhythms and rhymes!
Peterson Avatar
May 27, 2021 at 7:35 PM
The entities that created the universe, who knows how old, I believe, would not allow any of their creations simply to disappear into oblivion. Instead, they would have found and provided a way for us to ascend. I can only gasp at what that might include.
Faulkner Avatar
September 3, 2020 at 7:54 PM
The eternal questions, always to seek, very evocative, especially like the 'we travel through time' stanza!
Peterson Avatar
September 11, 2020 at 9:31 AM
Thanks, Michelle. Lovely tribute from a poet's poet.
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