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Analysis of an unborn child
see the embryo sit and smile
if a defect the embryo shows
it will not be allowed to grow

for science has its eyes wide
and can see with wondrous might
in detail it sees the making of flesh
and the colour of genes in every breath

it scans, slides, emits, collects and computes
and brings to life things we cannot refute

and with our moral gaze
we swim through this display
and determine our normality
and design our future morality

lives that form outside these ideals
are allowed no sweet meals
for the silent slice of science
severs them from this world

from their warm liquid worlds
they experience an outer cold world
that slowly swallows them whole
and delivers them into the unknown

no tree or sky will they see
or sweet air to softly breathe
no love to hold in their hands
and no kiss to bless their cheek

for these are the ones
we will never know
these are the innocent ones
we could not hold in our world.
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Genetic gaze

Contributed by safetyinnumbers on Friday, 13th June 2008 @ 08:34:58 AM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems

Genetic gaze

Analysis of an unborn child
see the embryo sit and smile
if a defect the embryo shows
it will not be allowed to grow

for science has its eyes wide
and can see with wondrous might
in detail it sees the making of flesh
and the colour of genes in every breath

it scans, slides, emits, collects and computes
and brings to life things we cannot refute

and with our moral gaze
we swim through this display
and determine our normality
and design our future morality

lives that form outside these ideals
are allowed no sweet meals
for the silent slice of science
severs them from this world

from their warm liquid worlds
they experience an outer cold world
that slowly swallows them whole
and delivers them into the unknown

no tree or sky will they see
or sweet air to softly breathe
no love to hold in their hands
and no kiss to bless their cheek

for these are the ones
we will never know
these are the innocent ones
we could not hold in our world.

Copyright © safetyinnumbers ... [ 2008-06-13 08:34:58]
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Re: Genetic gaze (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Friday, 13th June 2008 @ 09:35:00 AM AEST
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This made me cry. My friend has lost three babies.
It hits really close to my heart. No tree or sky will they see. That just ripped into my soul. You wrote a loving poem here. Not many think on this level.

I applaud you.

Michelle

Re: Genetic gaze (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_K on Friday, 13th June 2008 @ 09:42:25 AM AEST
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Sigh... a real tear-jerker here.... I know the pain involved here... and mourn the loss of a few innocent ones myself... God Bless....
Jenni

Re: Genetic gaze (User Rating: 1 )
by little_genna on Friday, 13th June 2008 @ 09:47:28 AM AEST
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this made me very sad because i recently witnessed some very close friends loose their baby so close to their due date... if the baby had hung on for a week or 2 more he would have survived... this couple had been trying for 16 years and they are the most wonderful people i have ever had the pleasure of meeting....I agree with Michelle not many people do write on this level or about something so serious. its a lovely poem even in its sad subject matter...thank you for sharing. Gen x

Re: Genetic gaze (User Rating: 1 )
by Ambivalence on Saturday, 14th June 2008 @ 07:36:57 AM AEST
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great poem, and i admire your appreciation for human life because i have a hard time doing that (because of my pessimism). I need to be reminded of that constantly, so thank you. My favorite line = 'from their warm liquid worlds they experience an outer cold world that slowly swallows them whole and delivers them into the unknown'. take care...
-K.Z.

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