Looking up at the Cosmos
at night. Peering into the
microscope revealing creatures
never before seen by the naked
eye.
The James Webb telescope
reveals mysteries developed
for more than 13.5 billion
years.
While our existence can be
explained for the most part
scientifically, it never ceases
to amaze how in heaven’s
name we got here on Earth
in the first place.
Oh, I got the basic concept
of biological evolution, but
for minerals, atoms and cells
to be arranged in a specific
DNA way as to produce you
as you and me as me uniquely
seems a fantastical feat of
improbability.
Why, nature had to select all
this stuff in precisely a certain
way to make us the consciously
self-aware creatures we came
to be.
What’s even more amazing is
the copulating male and female
of our species had to be specifically
selected to genetically form who we
turned out to be.
Some days I need to pinch myself
hypothetically to bring about this
uncanny reality. I am here alive
and consciously mindful of
my existence.
Why for cripes’ sake, even
allowing that my parents as
mates turned out to be a terrible
match temperamentally. In fact,
they came to hate each other’s guts,
and wound up eventually going
their separate ways.
Had they figured that out earlier
on in their relationship, I could
have wound up being ecologically
someone else entirely. Who can
say what my universe would look
like then? Why, this piece I present
to you today may never have been
written in the first place.
And so it is, if you have a mind to,
you too can claim the same.
-30-
Chris Hanch 11-18-2023
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