Life Science
Watch now as the hopper rests,
It’s slender ‘pendages on smooth green,
Basking in nature’s splendor,
So full of life it seems.
Think then of the other-worlder,
Humanoid yet millions far away,
Gazing upon our sacred temple,
With soulful eyes that shredd’th ice,
And hopeful dreams of better worlds.
Might not he be true?
Create we have of mechanical men,
Who think like us but far better,
With emotions more than some,
And needs more than most.
Cry he does, ’bout his planet-brain,
Whine he does ‘bout his diodes,
Solve he does the question
Of life, the ‘verse and Everything.
But is he life?
Ask we have of ancient philosophy,
“What be life?” in delightful earnestness,
That which consumes? That which gives back?
And in a flash came the wisdom of science,
Be it resplendent, be it yet unknown,
Or be it mechanical,
“THAT WHICH SELF-ORGANIZES”.
Truth be told there be just one truth,
That the ‘verse teems with life.
© Copywright Rahul Lakshmanan
