a poem for national poetry day

Who Came First?

I remember

we met

in the birthing pool

our Genes collided

and welded together

like a virus and its host

I gave you a piece of my mind

You gave me love

And over time

We seriously considered

making

beautiful music together

Yet, after all that

many years later,

we were still left

wondering

who came first?

 © Md 2011

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