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
2 comments:
Splendid!!!!
Many a design appeal it's beholders with mere aesthetic appeasments. Only a utilitarian would look at it and say..."hmmm....so what can this thing do?".
I refrained from giving an honest feedback the first time I read it, as I preferred dissecting it in my lab to look beneath the surface. I must admit that the flamboyant literal techniques in the poem, is matched equally by the brilliance of the message it conveys.
Life as I understood it was the phenomenon that I came across in my everyday life; life for me was Flora and Fauna. Your poem zoomed into the grasshopper, zoomed out to extra terrestrial life forms and zoomed into the future and shook hands with silicon intelligence of the future. I enjoyed the ride, thank you.
If poems were likened to cities, then, 'Life Science' would be analogous to Las Vegas, with its showy lights visible as far as the moon, and the multi-billion dollar profits precisely realized behind the veil.
Now, as if this weren't enough, I'll go on to praise the poet.
If I hadn't known Rahul, having read this poem, I'd tell my friends of this very talented poet. However, since I know Rahul, I have to say, he is a wonderful person!
- Phew!!!
The cross between neo-poetry and rhyme(or lack of it) It brings out the abstract aptly and focuses on what there is and what there isn't. Good job Rahul.
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