Ancestral Roots

I am many things,
A fragment of creation,
Homo sapiens by name,
A species, distant kin to chimpanzees.

A warm-blooded mammal,
Descendant from ancient seas,
Where once protozoa danced—
The first stirrings of life.

I am stardust incarnate,
Forged from the remnants of stars,
Shaped by my father's sperm,
Cradled within my mother's womb.

I was born to a world without deities,
No whispered truths or divine decrees.
I am a fierce lover's only child,
A daughter made whole in sin.