PostsChallengesPortalsAuthorsBooks
Sign Up
Log In
Posts
Challenges
Portals
Authors
Books
beta
Sign Up
Search
Challenge
What is life?
Wordslinger
Chapter 222 of 448
Profile avatar image for DavidMark
DavidMark
Cover image for post Acid test, by DavidMark
Wordslinger
Chapter 222 of 448
Profile avatar image for DavidMark
DavidMark

Acid test

Life is not

about love

at the

earliest date

it’s all about

chemistry

or maybe

just fate.

Planets

must collide,

or comets

at least,

to grind

the earth

and release

the beast.

When the race

began and

the start light

went green,

non-living

molecules

were all

that was seen.

But here’s

the curse,

we’ve not

really sure

if proteins

came first.

The next bit

is slow.

Three point five

billion years ago

the proteins

fold and

start to grow.

So life came

from no life,

remember

this well,

that without

RNA’s splice

there’d be no

heaven or hell.

Now here

comes the

the acid test.

Did this

experiment

run by chance?

On a pin

how many

angels dance?

Now we

must cross

the ultimate line

in the sand,

and ask if

some kind

of God

may have

taken a hand.

Welcome
Welcome to Prose.! Publish your work, follow writers, and engage in community challenges.
By entering Prose., you acknowledge that you are 21 years of age or older, and you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
If you used Twitter or Facebook to get into your account and now can't get in, please contact us at support@theprose.com