About life and why




To read the words of
Richard Dawkins
scholar, atheist,

explaining the origins of life

it takes me further
to a better understanding
of the building blocks of us

what amazes me, from time to time
is that he will not leave the path of science,
for a laugh

meaning, that belief and truth
are not compatible on this earth
according to the great mind of that man.


My mother asked me a few days past
what good does the intellect do?
she always has been, a person with
great insightful soul

she didn't need
the great works of philosophers

to tell her the wrong and right things,
giving birth to and caring
for three beings
from her womb

she just felt it, and knew

but her question was good
so I tried to explain
my personal thoughts about this
exploration of mind and soul


so I said to her:
I understand that by looking at things
whereas it be Carl Von Linné looking at plants in multitude,
wanting to categorize his world,
wanting to know his world

to Tycho Brahe, up in his tower of luminescent research
of the universe

or Charles Darwin, much loved by Dawkins,
heading to the peak of understanding
the origins of life
through a long journey
in the 18hundreds time and mind


so came I to the realization
I told my mom, that we are looking at our selves
the deeper and deeper we sink into this catalog of life
the one thing we will come to understand
is
that we are looking at ourselves.

In the cosmos, or in a microscope

all we will ever see is us,

with atoms that build us
with what the universe in it's birth flung
at us
throwing all the building blocks of life
the one we know,
as we are, as we feel it, see, love

but what that introspection does not answer;

is the why.










Words by Ivan R
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Written on 2014-05-07 at 02:14

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
"all we will ever see is us" You're absolutely right. Our views of the universe change with how we live. They have nothing to do with the universe, whatever it might be. As for your question, what's the point of asking why what has to be has to be?
2014-05-11



An extraordinary poem in its depth and understanding. Well studied, well expressed with the human angle that will always ask why. How can we not ask 'why?'-- a staggeringly complex process that began four billion years ago now can write love letters, uses silicon-chip computers to calculate the temperature of matter at the birth of the universe. We study the beginning of life because it's the celebration of existence!
I am deeply touched by your words, your search, your questioning in this poem. So human!
2014-05-07


F.i.in.e Moods The PoetBay support member heart!
The why's and wherefore's remain... too true :) Thanks for this little trek into the reflections of this moment you're presenting. Familiar spaces in some ways...
2014-05-07