Today’s word is “adventitious” ... ad-vuhn-tish-uhs ... associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic. (Dictionary.com)
Chance
Was it merely adventitious
when the earth found its orbit?
And dry land arose out of the blackness
of the sea?
When the first animal inhaled
its first breath and birthed its
first offspring?
Was it an accident when human
consciousness informed us that
we were different,
That there is more to us than this
flesh and bone?
Chance does not begin to explain
our DNA; or our claim to fame.
There are signs in the mystery ...
if we choose to read them.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2019
Chance
Was it merely adventitious
when the earth found its orbit?
And dry land arose out of the blackness
of the sea?
When the first animal inhaled
its first breath and birthed its
first offspring?
Was it an accident when human
consciousness informed us that
we were different,
That there is more to us than this
flesh and bone?
Chance does not begin to explain
our DNA; or our claim to fame.
There are signs in the mystery ...
if we choose to read them.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2019
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