From: John Grigg (starman2100@lycos.com)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 21:15:47 MDT
Samantha,
I just wanted to say how very impressed I was by your very beautiful and insightful poem. You have a real gift! I have shared the poem with my brother and several other friends.
I hope your muse strikes more often. : )
I keep on saying I am going to leave the extrolist to free up more time and energy for the "real world," but posts of this quality(in their manifold ways) keep drawing me back. I'm always concerned about what I will miss if I leave!
very best wishes,
John
-- On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 17:27:38 Samantha Atkins wrote: >Wonder > >Driving down the clean, >airy suburban street with >its neat lawns, >manicured trees, >balanced flower beds, >and here and there >wrenchingly lovely >chidlren, >parents, >adults, >retired people - > >I wonder > >whether they know >that their world >is built often on pain >is not sustainable >cannot be shared >without being changed >by much more technology >than can be >absorbed while >preserving life >as they know it. > > >I wonder > >if we the technologists >understand their world; >feel their desires and concerns; >make room for their diversity; >care for them because >we are they and >we love them. > >I wonder if they >would thank us if >they knew >that we will rock >their world; >radically change >that street; >those houses; >those yards - >that we >would even risk >the end of all >of them >and all that they >care about. > >I wonder who are we? > >We, who take it >upon ourselves >to dream a world, >not in full vision, >but in its hitech >wonder. >Not as a sure >fulfillment >of all the dreams >of all the ages, >of all the people >but only of >our lust for power >and infinite >life. >Life, but life >that might end >all life >that we know now. > >Are we >monsters >or >fledgling gods? >Are we so >impeccable >that we can >look at all >the world >at all the >people >and choose - >not just for >ourselves >but for everyone >forever? > >It rocks me >to my soul >that we >would take such >upon ourselves. >It calls to me >to cleanse >to strengthen >to perfect >in love >in compassion >in inclusion >in truth >ourselves >and uplift >the whole >wide, wide world - >that we in >our majesty, >our desire, >our angst >seek to change >and perhaps turn >to something we >believe would be >so much more >"efficient"! > >I wonder >if we be gods >or demons. > >- samantha (jun 8, 2002) > > > _______________________________________________________ WIN a first class trip to Hawaii. Live like the King of Rock and Roll on the big Island. Enter Now! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes
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