Today We Are In The Mists
It started out as molecules, swimming in the primal soup
Coagulations, preternatural adhesions
They somehow learned to replicate, and gather into groups
Mysteriums, interpenetrations
A thousand times a million years, the slowest ever magic spell
Godly and ungodly precisions, imprecisions
Then finally a milestone; a pulsing, thriving, living cell
Reverberations, revelations. Innumerable oneness
The cells then use the sunlight, to tame the toxic air
Adaptations, interactions.
And pave the way for changes; the future they prepare
Prognostications. All is All
Cells divide, sometimes partly, growing into clumps
Emulations, derivations
Tiny creatures start to form; strange amorphous lumps
Agitations, permutations. Something underway
Suddenly, an outburst; mutation rates in overdrive
Illustrations, undulations. What will Be
Eyes and spines and tentacles, a body plan to thrive
Stimulatons, simulations. Patterns and Designs
The first explorers leave the oceans, colonising land
Explorations, inundations
Amazing new adaptions form; an arm, a wing, a hand
Additions, ovulations. Ascensions evermore
With trees and ferns and insects, soon reptiles rule the age
Dominations, infestations. One is All
Then from the skies, disaster rains; and history turns a page
Irradiations. Nothing ends, not ever
The stage is set for mammals now; they quickly take their place
Invasions, delectations. Egos spawning ego
Some of them become aware; a loping, hairless race
Deviations, aberrations. Progressions and awareness
Their minds expand, they walk erect, they master tools and fire
Mutations, expirations. Invitations (Shiva's dance)
Now that we have grown, to what should we aspire?
Durations? Assignations? To join in Shiva's Dance?
Contributors: | N, F. |
Poem finished: | 19th August 2003. |