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gofor42
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since 2000-01-23
Posts 143
Arkansas

0 posted 2001-01-12 03:53 PM


The Self--
A haphazard conglomerate,
A hodge-podge of
Flesh, bone, bilogy
And philosophy and psychology
And theology made whole
In a single entity.
The Self--
A binding together
Of matter and soul
In a single unit
That knows itself,
That recognizes its mortality
And--usually--accepts that inevitability.
The Self--
A construct of life,
Fashioned by processes
Or something higher,
All of it beyond our capacity
To understand.
Oh, we think we understand,
But science is as much a faith
As any religion.
The Self--
I, me, I am,
And I know that I am
Or at least might be.


"If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
--Kingsley Amis

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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648

1 posted 2001-01-12 07:52 PM


Yep, we are alot of things aren't we? There is so much that is beyond our understanding, for sure. Great expression, Gofor!

Denise

Gene
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since 2000-01-23
Posts 935
Colorado, USA
2 posted 2001-01-12 11:06 PM


I am just a carbon-based life form, but I always thought there must be more. Nice poem!

~Gene

kcsgrandma
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since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME
3 posted 2001-01-13 12:55 PM


Gofor, I like it that your poems always have more questions than answers.  I especially like these lines:

But science is as much a faith
As any religion.

How true that is!  Thanks for another good think.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

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