The Stamp

Seek

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

  • Author: Seek (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 8th, 2020 09:12
  • Comment from author about the poem: I have been out of circulation for quite a while. Good to be back and Happy New Year to all. I hope you can find time to read this work and share your honest thoughts on it. Thank you.
  • Category: Forgiveness
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  • Users favorite of this poem: ANGELA & BRIAN, Nemo.
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  • ANGELA & BRIAN

    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 πŸ§‘πŸ’™πŸ§‘πŸ’™πŸ§‘πŸ’™πŸ§‘

  • Seek

    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.

  • kevin browne

    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..!!!

    • Seek

      Your comment, replete with gems of insight stand out on their own merit. Very pleased and flattered that this work was to your liking.

      • kevin browne

        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.

      • Nemo

        Wow, perfectly descriptive really enjoyed reading this 🌹
        The only way to change the current system of our world is to fight hate with love ❀️

        • Seek

          Thanks for stopping by and commenting Nemo. Absolutely, nothing like fighting hate with love.

        • Barry Hodges

          I have to say I found this almost impossible to read, especially the first line which is incomprehensible. What are "zygote lays"?

          • Seek

            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.

            • Barry Hodges

              I know what a zygote is. It was the word "lays" which means "songs".

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