There are far worse things than not being born at all ...
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:11 pm
No Favors Are Done
The source of the magic enabling them to dream such
was besides the point, for the dream would be shared
by both husband and wife, both wanting a child very much;
they so desired a child, for whom they’d have much cared
although their ovum and sperm had yet to touch,
the child—“Sammy”—would’ve been the greatest reason they’d paired.
Thus the two adults stood (naked) before Sammy in the dream,
Sammy, who was indeed the consciousness, the soul,
the child who appeared (naked, too) through God supreme;
then the miraculous occurred, with the goal
of parents meeting their one offspring, God did deem,
even before the twain conceived—played their role.
“I was told you two are to be my mom and dad,”
said Sammy, “and you’re to be responsible
for my life, health and wellbeing during times good and bad”;
Sammy then smiled at them with love demonstrable
which in turn compelled them to return the smile, then add,
“Child, we will care for you and are capable ...
... Though most important,” they said, “we’ll give you life”;
then Sammy pondered for a moment and said, “In such
a world, the ‘life’ you will ‘give’ me will hold much strife,
a world in which I may suffer pain and bleak dread,
suffer afflictions, perhaps AIDS, or someone’s cold, twisting knife
—I may ‘live’ so much that I just may envy the dead …
… Though life can hold much with which others to bless,”
concluded Sammy, “know that you do me no favour
by placing me into a world which seems to regress
—its populace practicing evil behaviour,
a reality causing so many so much distress—
and offers very little for the good to savour.”
The man and woman, in stunned disbelief, then replied,
“We hadn’t expected that you would feel such,
so intensely averse towards life, its painful and cruel side,
we wouldn’t want you to suffer, to endure so much”;
thus, the couple soon awoke, exchanged a sad glance and cried
over the unborn soul—the Sammy they would never touch.
Frank Sterle, Jr.
White Rock, B.C.
The source of the magic enabling them to dream such
was besides the point, for the dream would be shared
by both husband and wife, both wanting a child very much;
they so desired a child, for whom they’d have much cared
although their ovum and sperm had yet to touch,
the child—“Sammy”—would’ve been the greatest reason they’d paired.
Thus the two adults stood (naked) before Sammy in the dream,
Sammy, who was indeed the consciousness, the soul,
the child who appeared (naked, too) through God supreme;
then the miraculous occurred, with the goal
of parents meeting their one offspring, God did deem,
even before the twain conceived—played their role.
“I was told you two are to be my mom and dad,”
said Sammy, “and you’re to be responsible
for my life, health and wellbeing during times good and bad”;
Sammy then smiled at them with love demonstrable
which in turn compelled them to return the smile, then add,
“Child, we will care for you and are capable ...
... Though most important,” they said, “we’ll give you life”;
then Sammy pondered for a moment and said, “In such
a world, the ‘life’ you will ‘give’ me will hold much strife,
a world in which I may suffer pain and bleak dread,
suffer afflictions, perhaps AIDS, or someone’s cold, twisting knife
—I may ‘live’ so much that I just may envy the dead …
… Though life can hold much with which others to bless,”
concluded Sammy, “know that you do me no favour
by placing me into a world which seems to regress
—its populace practicing evil behaviour,
a reality causing so many so much distress—
and offers very little for the good to savour.”
The man and woman, in stunned disbelief, then replied,
“We hadn’t expected that you would feel such,
so intensely averse towards life, its painful and cruel side,
we wouldn’t want you to suffer, to endure so much”;
thus, the couple soon awoke, exchanged a sad glance and cried
over the unborn soul—the Sammy they would never touch.
Frank Sterle, Jr.
White Rock, B.C.