Borderlines

I cannot decipher for the life of me

where thin lines divide 

our blurry world into sections.

I cannot begin to define

where we change from beings to organ systems,

from systems to cells,

from cells to atoms...

Is it like geometry? --

Where a square is a rectangle but 

a rectangle can never be a square?

Where do we leave nature and become human?

Are we not the same?

I always believed we were but the world has showed me 

I was wrong,

Most assume we do not belong Within but Above.

So where are the borders?

I want to return to my atoms.

I want to blend with this world.

Absorb and be diluted by the beauty of Simplicity and Complexity wrapped into one.

Reviews

[conversations with her ..]

simply amazing... so glad i stumbled upon this :)

I'm new on here, so it would be an honour if you could review my poems!

[A.marie.speaks]

thank you! I'm glad you stumbled upon this too :)

I will certainly read your work !

[Nigel Newman]

Marie Hi. As a piece of writing, I think this exactly meet its brief. It must do, because I read the whole thing and didn't once think ouch - in fact I didn't think anything other than pondering your well posed question(s).

Gosh. Are humans superior to all other creatures? What is it to be human? What defines us? Depending on how you frame it, there are plenty of intelligent creatures. I'm guessing that theologians and scientists might sees these things quite differently. And now we're embarking on a journey of replacement human parts, from which it's only a step to humans being farmed for this purpose. [If you haven't come across it, try and watch "Never let me go".] The borderlines are becoming more and more clouded.

Very thought-provoking ...
KRs Nigel

[A.marie.speaks]

Nigel! So good to hear from you. I've been less active than I like to admit but I'm glad to see your comment and hear you enjoyed my train of thought on this one!

I will definitely check out Never let me go. It sounds hauntingly intriguing. The borderlines are melting and it is worrisome.. personally I wish to return to more simplistic matter but many are focused full speed ahead at more and more complex splices of human life (which scares the ever loving crap outta me!)

Thanks for your words, friend. Always a pleasure to hear from you.

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Hello! It has been a while!

This is a very philosophical piece! The blurred lines of existence....where do they start and end? Where do they entwine? Do they entwine at all? Very thoughtful words that one must ponder at various stages of life.

As a scientist i very much enjoyed your use of scientific terminology throughout.

This one fired my synapses, so thank you for that! And welcome back!

[A.marie.speaks]

Hello Doodley! Thank you so much for reading and commenting! So happy you liked it! I'm no scientist but I do work in a lab, haha. I love science though and have always felt driven to look for commonalities between the branches of sciences. I've been on a quantum kick lately- learning more about the tiny side of life.

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Two lab rats! On a writers forum!! Now that is a funny idea for a poem!:)

[A.marie.speaks]

Haha yes it is! Two lab rats who've escaped the rat-race ;-) we no longer take place in the experiments, we run them! Haha cheesy I know

[Coyote Poetry]

Me too. I want to join the below lines.
"So where are the borders?
I want to return to my atoms.
I want to blend with this world.
Absorb and be diluted by the beauty of Simplicity and Complexity wrapped into one."
I liked the lines above. Create place and vision for the reader. Thank you for the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[A.marie.speaks]

Thank you! So glad I'm not alone in this feeling. I found pleasure in the little things lately. So happy you enjoyed it.

[Coyote Poetry]

Little things become important and you are welcome dear friend.