Evolution

A Poem

It’s a spiral they say, a double helix full of letters,

an infinity symbol of sorts, made of star dust and space glitter,

that makes us into whatever we are. Yet they don’t know the half of it, they say as they

seek to map it and clone it and perfect this or that, designer babies, and end to diseases, playing God, some

say, and yet daily we can all play God, by opting to see what we are as perfect enough, being open to

selecting our own true nature, furthering our own evolution, walking the pathway from being asleep and used,

to being awake and in tune, we can design our own sparkle, twirl with our own glitter,

exist in unity with our own space dust, waking up to the reality of what is, letting go of that

which we regret or wish for, or seek to be, or somehow feel we can anxiety-fret into being, control into creating -

acceptance is the key to our evolution bit by bit we better ourselves and each other by claiming

the infinite spark that is there, glowing in us, and by reaching out to hold and heal

the embers of it that might need reigniting in each other.

Jenny Justice is a poet mom who longs to bring poetry to life in ways that spark empathy, connection, joy, and feeling. She loves writing love poems, climate change awareness poems, poems for kids, and of course, poems about poetry and poets. You can follow her on Medium and at Jenny Justice, Writer. You can support her on Patreon. You can follow her poetry at Justice Poetic.

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Thanks to Christina Ward 💗 for the POM prompt, “Evolution” found here:

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