Fossils
Long before creatures
obligingly crawled
into ice, earth, stone,
to become fossils,
determined to seek
life after death,
there were no comfortless speculations
of science and religion.
Speculation
Shades of regret
quickly interfere
with timely recognition
of our immoral acts.
We lose hope of redemption
if we don’t differentiate
between the various degrees
that separate right from wrong.
With all our talk of afterlife,
some of us are still not sure
if consciousness survives death
and allows continuation.
For those who lack certainty,
nature or reason must prevail
and reason will elevate our hopes,
while nature will release the beasts.
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