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[the story as perhaps believed by some]
satisfied - He wiped His hands
He shrugged - He strode away
good or bad results - no fault
not His - no more He'll say
just one explosive word - just one
"Evolve!" - His uttered rubric
so began expanding morphing
space - the cosmic fabric
molecules from atoms form
exploding into elements
gravity and light - and dark
and time - allowing all of THIS
as eon's trial came self-aware
new mind supposed a quest of Him
long gone and doing other things
as if He'd never even been?
contriving reasons more than cause
evolving nuance - asking "why?"
that He ever truly was
our grasping need before WE die
all time we weren't - though now we are
alive today - tomorrow not
too soon to go - so now we fear
the "taking of all that we've got
and all we're ever gonna have"
- plus knowing not
- from whence
- or how
- we leave
llp - dA - sep2014
satisfied - He wiped His hands
He shrugged - He strode away
good or bad results - no fault
not His - no more He'll say
just one explosive word - just one
"Evolve!" - His uttered rubric
so began expanding morphing
space - the cosmic fabric
molecules from atoms form
exploding into elements
gravity and light - and dark
and time - allowing all of THIS
as eon's trial came self-aware
new mind supposed a quest of Him
long gone and doing other things
as if He'd never even been?
contriving reasons more than cause
evolving nuance - asking "why?"
that He ever truly was
our grasping need before WE die
all time we weren't - though now we are
alive today - tomorrow not
too soon to go - so now we fear
the "taking of all that we've got
and all we're ever gonna have"
- plus knowing not
- from whence
- or how
- we leave
llp - dA - sep2014
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evolved into.
thanks, Jer!
edited - reconfigured, rewrote - added stanzas - sep19/2014.
quote is from Clint Eastwood's character, William Munny
in the Oscar winning film, "Unforgiven".
edit - new title - from quote: asserts that “neither theists nor atheists know whether God exists”, Keith DeRose - sep22/2014.
edit - removed 2 question marks and changed one word by adding one letter - oct09/2014.
edit and repost - reconfigured into extended sonnet form - oct09/2014.
edits and changed title a bit - nov21/2014.
edits - slight rewording, final line - nov23/2014.
edits - several to improve flow and nuance - repost - nov29/2014.
edits - caps in title and italics in poem - may04/2015.
edit - small change in wording - big change in nuance - final line - repost - nov05/2015.
edit - added a stanza to fill a hole in the 'plot' - jun15/2016.
edit - changed "to whence" to "from whence" - more correct - may17/2018.
edit - an important change to beginning nuance - may18/2021
pip
:thumb483059467:
evolved into.
thanks, Jer!
edited - reconfigured, rewrote - added stanzas - sep19/2014.
quote is from Clint Eastwood's character, William Munny
in the Oscar winning film, "Unforgiven".
edit - new title - from quote: asserts that “neither theists nor atheists know whether God exists”, Keith DeRose - sep22/2014.
edit - removed 2 question marks and changed one word by adding one letter - oct09/2014.
edit and repost - reconfigured into extended sonnet form - oct09/2014.
edits and changed title a bit - nov21/2014.
edits - slight rewording, final line - nov23/2014.
edits - several to improve flow and nuance - repost - nov29/2014.
edits - caps in title and italics in poem - may04/2015.
edit - small change in wording - big change in nuance - final line - repost - nov05/2015.
edit - added a stanza to fill a hole in the 'plot' - jun15/2016.
edit - changed "to whence" to "from whence" - more correct - may17/2018.
edit - an important change to beginning nuance - may18/2021
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