Where

D'ou venons nous

By: Charles Giuliano - Feb 21, 2016

Where

Where do we come from
D’ou venons nous
As Gauguin asked
In that epic work
Intended as his last
Diseased in Tahiti
Paradise as hell
Foiled by
Botched suicide
Reaching back
My DNA
Millions of years
To evolve
From caves to condos
Ends with me
No issue
Moving on
Last of Mohicans
It would seem
The gift of life
So precious
But hardly rare
Our fragile planet
Coping with billions
Exhausting resources
Ravaging Mother Earth
Numbers ever growing
Economies in turmoil
Arguably a contribution
Not to reproduce
Moving forward
Future millennia
My genes
Passed on by
Words and deeds
Such as these