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Cells of Life
cells of life
in nested chains is water organized
magnetically clutching molecules
by dipole protein strings immobilized.
the sap of life consists of liquid jewels
who glisten through the fuel of uv rays
that chloroplasts imprison dextrosely
upon which all earth’s creatures graze
as life’s components recycle endlessly.
of all the trillion atoms that make me
how many once were part of someone else?
both i and my worst enemy
are colonies of microscopic cells.
our nature is to amplify our worth
but every life’s a legacy of earth.
in nested chains is water organized
magnetically clutching molecules
by dipole protein strings immobilized.
the sap of life consists of liquid jewels
who glisten through the fuel of uv rays
that chloroplasts imprison dextrosely
upon which all earth’s creatures graze
as life’s components recycle endlessly.
of all the trillion atoms that make me
how many once were part of someone else?
both i and my worst enemy
are colonies of microscopic cells.
our nature is to amplify our worth
but every life’s a legacy of earth.
The one thing of which we are certain is who we are. If we lose weight or a limb that doesn’t change who we are, does it? In fact we switch out most every molecule many times in our lives, but that doesn’t change who we are. Have you ever stopped to think where some of those atoms have been before?
Scientists study something called collective intelligence. They are referring to schools of fish or swarms of bees that act in concert. Yet we are comprised of swarms of cells. Individual cells are not intelligent, yet, collectively, we are highly intelligent. What is going on?
What is it we mean by identity? Is it our ability to think? What is thinking?
