
If, as many believe, we we evolved from the primordial oceans
evolving into the innumerable living creatures populating our planet
Then where did our soul/spirit come from… that intangible part of our being
that has no mortal substance that will grow or decay with our bodies
Some call it the breath of life and others the image of God
If, as many believe, we come from the primordial oceans
How did we end up with a soul and spirit seeking a creator
Seems obvious that soul and spirit are not part of an evolutionary process
But rather, given and taken as we live and die leaving the mortal behind
So how can one not believe in a creator; a spiritual force far greater
than the universe that presides over everything that exists
How can one believe that our soul and spirit nature will not go back
to the one who gave it, as our mortal body decays and returns to dust
Science may attempt to explain evolution, but seems to have no answer
to the question of soul and spirit that resides within each of us
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Body, Soul, & Spirit painting: Dwight L. Roth
This poem is written in the stream of consciousness form that lets ones thoughts flow onto the paper without much editing of any kind. This was our prompt for the d’Verse Poets Pub prompt this past week.