(August 2023, Chiloquin, Oregon)

Evolution or creation? I see a cycled-mix of the two; yet, most scholars can’t agree,

I’ll attempt to marry the two, as progress forward, with a dash of imaginative-synergy,

Yet, it’s up to the individual perceiver, their creative gene🧬 to what he or she believes

The linguistic context using the spoken ‘Word’, was the gift to all Creators, but specifically you and me,

This cycles’ original narrative began with the biblical story of Adam and Eve,

In the edenic state, a balanced ‘scale’, in possession of all wants, one could ever conceive

Up to, and including, oppositional force, that was never meant to deceive,

The serpent showed them the tree of knowledge had another side to perceive,

Both statements are true from the God and Devil, and only separate when the ego cleaves,

As mushrooms represent life and death, which is why I believe it was the original tree

Consuming the fruit tipped the ‘scales’, while shedding their own, they soon began to see

They swallowed the algorithm as a bitter sweet, understanding duality,

It helped humans adapt and survive, love and connect, as well as comprehend the oscillating nature of seasonality,

Along with bestowing the knowledge of time, a blessing and a curse, stimulating anxiety and harnessing creativity

The evolution wheels were in motion, a hole in one for God, after he set up His tee,

One last revolutionary spin for human progress, is the inevitable eventuality,

Finding the Christ-like flame, buried within, overcoming circumstance, and becoming more than we thought we could be