Kicking and screaming
We emerge in this world
Screaming and kicking
We fight our way through
Overwhelming odds defied
Genetic complexities unique
Through the maze of evolution
And the obstacles of chaos
Real miracles are here
Notions and concepts
Beyond ancient mans limit
Pushing boundaries of thought
The newborn arrive here
A blank canvass exposed
An innocence and purity
Until labelled by an ideology
But the child can’t escape
From the claws of the cleric
Penned by walls of unreason
Narrow minds narrow in
Life’s what you make it
I heard someone say
But how many of us know
If our hopes will show true
So we can only hope
Make sure we don’t pray
See that miracle called life
Called universe, time and space
(September and December 2008)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
no escape fom the claws of the cleric A wonderful comment on the brainwashing most of us are subjected to befre we are equipped to challeng what we are taught