Photograph@Vijaya Sundaram, 2007
Wormhole
(Survival by Chance)
©May 12th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
To reach its goal, sperm swims upstream
Poor little salmon, bursting free from
The urge to be washed away.
If it’s lucky, it’ll survive.
And then, if we’re lucky,
We shall see the light of day.
If not, meh, no big deal.
Someone will emerge from that
Moist dark tunnel, fighting all the way,
To breathe in cool gulps of new air,
Shivering and naked, but alive,
Human and whole, and save the world
Or perhaps, destroy it.
Our future is dark, and we see darkly
But perhaps, we shall find meaning
And purpose, and oh, a wormhole
To wriggle into and out of,
To start out again, anew.
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P.S. I know that photograph is not of salmon, but still … it’s fish!
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Survival
Submitting simultaneously to dVerse for the first time.