September 13, 2012
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Several Billion Cells
Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. ~Author Unknown
To that quote I add this.
As my cells group to make me who I am each day
I feed them, give them air, water, shelter and transportation
I am the vehicle for the DNA to satisfy their sexual urge to survive
I think I am in control
but really I am cursed to be at the whim of billions of cells.
And I think I am only as one, an island
As I care for my army of cells each day
I ignore their multitude and only think of me not we
I think I am coordinating my efforts
but I am only the result of their needs
Is it for my sanity or the need of the whole
that they allow me to think I have a soul?
Is that the false hope, the vapor that holds me together?DSS
Comments (5)
I like poetry. This one makes me think of how much we are interconnected with everything.
i have always liked this idea, once i was introduced to it. (yogi berra lives
i remembered two lines, one from a star trek and one from Tom Robbins. i just spent a lovely 20 min. looking for the Robbins one, and am in love with him again. but can’t find the quote. it said something like, We are the way that water gets itself from one place to another
@Bels_Kaylar - The future ain’t what it used to be.
You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are
going, because you might not get there. Thanks Yogi.
Control is only an illusion. The sooner we accept that the happier we can be…
@murisopsis - Oh but the illusion is so heady! The goal I guess is to make the me and the they into the us.