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The Age-Old Story of Life - Gestation
There's a deep drama, a sexual story
Being played out in the night sky.
The full moon plays the role of the ovum,
While the surrounding stars portray the pursuing sperm,
Closing in, ever so slowly, on the egg.
Then the night is replaced by day,
With the mid-morning sun occupying approximately
The same part of the sky that the moon,
Now absent,had earlier done.
It's as if the sun is the ovum/moon
After the penetrating sperm has
Transformed it into the zygote!
Yes, the age-old story of life,
- Reproduction -
Is being presented at night
On the stage of the sky,
Climaxing the following day
With the superlative shining of the sun
In all its glory - the glory of the promise of new life!
PS: any suggestions for improvement, or for continuation of the plot?
Being played out in the night sky.
The full moon plays the role of the ovum,
While the surrounding stars portray the pursuing sperm,
Closing in, ever so slowly, on the egg.
Then the night is replaced by day,
With the mid-morning sun occupying approximately
The same part of the sky that the moon,
Now absent,had earlier done.
It's as if the sun is the ovum/moon
After the penetrating sperm has
Transformed it into the zygote!
Yes, the age-old story of life,
- Reproduction -
Is being presented at night
On the stage of the sky,
Climaxing the following day
With the superlative shining of the sun
In all its glory - the glory of the promise of new life!
PS: any suggestions for improvement, or for continuation of the plot?
Published 4th Oct 2013
| Edited 25th Jul 2014
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Anonymous
4th Oct 2013 2:17am
That's an interesting take of the night sky..i actually enjoyed it :)
10th Oct 2013 3:55am
Thanks for your encouragement. It was around 1975 that i was on a Christian youth outing in New Hampshire, I think it was. I was just talking to this girl about the moon being like the ovum and the surrounding stars as the sperm. She said, oh are you a poet? Or, You must be a poet. Anyway, that surprised me. Anyway, this month is the first time i have put that little thought into a real poem.
6th Oct 2013 9:26am
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10th Oct 2013 3:59am
Thanks for your comment. It makes up for the poems that are like zero for a hundred, 100 reads but no comments.
