At conception, onto my zygote lays etched
A stamp, engraved, carved, inscribed
By genes, but from the blind, masked
Irreversible ‘n fated
Permanent ‘n forged
Diverse but unique
Irrevocable ‘n gorged
With love, soaked
From Nature’s largess
Bountiful, limitless
But zombies stay thankless
Genomes forge, with diversity creatures teem
Skin, noses, lips, hair, ears, eyes, spleen
Enticing, fixed, then repulsed, decried
By human gods, haughty, cruel, self-styled
Self-inventors, fellow beings they defile
Claiming glory, for acts of nature
Chastising cores, debasing states of being
Insanely lynching
Sadistically butchering
The old or budding
By millions perishing
Wantonly enslaving
For traits deemed wrongdoing
Save their own, of favors deserving
Recreating gods, shifting cores --- commoners to kings
To each, a private god for pieties of whims
Kneeling, howling, praying, hate bursting seams
Victims nor assailants, their traits won’t yield
Yet one tortures, the other maimed
Genes beget myriad tin gods with license
Reinventing makers, with rules ‘n violence
Decreeing freedoms, ruined by tenets
Bowing to gods, kneeling to self, prides inflate
Egos explode as essences wither, fellows to hate
Genomes create, infinitely creative beings
Loathing countless traits ordained by genes
Just like those molding haters’ traits
Traits immutable, now made indictable
But for victims, not the culpable
Both impotent in altering lifelong traits
Yet the haughty will crush
As their victims suffocate
Yet still, transcendence is on hand
Using hearts as soldiers
Fighting hate with love ‘n esteem
Accepting fixed features
Resist urges to loathe
Rewarding self with love
© Alwi Shatry, All Rights Reserved, January 8th 2020
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Good Morning from the UK ! Both ANGELA & I are Scientists and have studied GENETICS ~ This is the fist Poem on GENETICS we have seen ! HUMAN developemnt from Conception to Birth is a very interesting subject ! We are both PRO-LIFE and consider that after conception the ZYGOTE is a viable HUMAN BEING ! Genetics decrees that we inherit the characteristcs & traits of our Birth Parents encpsulated in the 23 genes of the MOTHERS OVUM & the FATHERS SPERM. Females can only produce X sex chromosomes but a Man X & Y sperm hence it is the Father who determines the GENDER of the CHILD ! To be born MALE or FEMALE has wide ranging implications ! We are not MIRROR IMAGES of our Parents but a FUSION ~ *Chips off the Old Block* ! Biologically we are conceive equally but due to Society we are BORN very UNEQUAL ! Also millions of EMBRYOS are aborted each Year ~ many naturally but an increasing number (for convenience ?) dliberately by Clinical (or back-street) Abortion.
ANGELA & I are fortunate - as individuals - to have been born in England (1983 & 1988) into Good Christian Families with GOOD GENES ! Consequently we are well educated and work with People (Physiotherapist and Lecturer in FE/HE) in respectabl JOBS ! I (BRIAN 36) - have never Fathered a Child & ANGELA (31) has never been PREGNANT. We are getting married in APRIL and consider that (God Willing) we will make Good Parents ~ AMEN !
Thanks for Caring & Sharing ~ Peace & Joy
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡
Thanks Angela and Brian for your lengthy comment. I don't know if you took time to read my brief profile. I am a retired scientist (Ph. D in immunology with 2 years post-doctoral studies) my first professional degree was in Veterinary Medicine). I'm glad you thought the "genetic" poem interesting. I hope the crux of my message that we are all born with our genetically determined traits was clear. We do not have a say in that. Yet others are quick to judge, even punish fellow humans for what neither party had control over. I thought because of your deeply religious views, my poem would resonate which is why I solicited your input. Still I'm very grateful for your post. Congrats for your coming wedding.
This reminds reminds me of historical events in human nature and the evolving wisdom that most of us miss and loe out on. Scientists, historians, philosophers and the great writers who left their own individual stamp on point of their studies and compilations of the abundance of crafted work with a pen. Do people ever relate to the fact that human repetitiveness of mostly mundane antics that persiddt to stand in our way to evolve into a deep thinking miracle when once recognised. The clouds of confusion fluster most, yet the sunshine of perception will reveal the clarity of new and exciting landscapes of thought that you almost declare yourself a God. Knowledge from the past is one of the most imp[ortant things to study on this ever changing planet. Allow the doors to open up the universities of life with new and bright intelligent geniuses to come forth with their new and unheard ideas yet to be revealed. Loved your work here..!!!
Your comment, replete with gems of insight stand out on their own merit. Very pleased and flattered that this work was to your liking.
A snippet from the gargantuan amount of life itself. That's the reason why I write so much poetry. I bring out the unheard version which reflects upon others art whatever that work may be. If only we could find a cure for the incurable, if only we could harmonise humans altogether if only we could stop babies being born blind if only we could stop wars, if only we could stop poverty and starvation if only us humans could congregate to love, if only we could find peace and understanding, if only we knew how to live and the list goes on for eternity, I wish the world and the human race well and that it will continue to survive in new ways of living that are fitting for everyone.
Wow, perfectly descriptive really enjoyed reading this 🌹
The only way to change the current system of our world is to fight hate with love ❤️
Thanks for stopping by and commenting Nemo. Absolutely, nothing like fighting hate with love.
I have to say I found this almost impossible to read, especially the first line which is incomprehensible. What are "zygote lays"?
If I understand your question correctly, you don’t understand the two words- zygote is the name for what results from the fusion of a sperm cell from the male and the female egg (ovum). It goes on to develop into a developing embryo and finally a baby. What I am saying in my own poetic way is that a stamp (identity) is etched onto my zygote by genes. The fusion I referred to is actually a blending of genetic information from each parent carried by the sperm and the egg. The genes in effect drive this process of development to give us our biological identity (stamp) throughout life. In normal cases, features like appearance, skin color, eye color, hair etc. are fixed. I hope that answers your question.
I know what a zygote is. It was the word "lays" which means "songs".
Sorry, but I used lays as a verb, not a noun.
"lays" ie the 3rd person singular of the verb "to lay" requires an object. eg: "he lays down the book", "he lays the evidence before us". I fear you meant "lies", the 3rd person singular of the verb "to lie", which being intransitive, requires no object, eg "he lies down next to her"
Having said that, I still find your text very difficult.
Thanks for the instructive grammar lesson; points noted and next time I write a poem that will require use of any of the two words, I will remain alert to the difference between "lie" and "lay".
If you find my text very difficult, that makes two of us. I go through a number of poems here that I barely understand and much as I try, I still don't know what's being said. Instead of commenting on a poem I don't understand, I simply move on to the next one. Good or bad, that's just me. Different strokes...
...for different folks.
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