Has anybody thought to calculate <br />How many gametes fail to multiply? <br />The countless halves which never find a mate <br />The crazy odds we've faced to be an 'I'. <br />It matters not at all, they had no chance <br />There is no claim, it's just a musing game <br />But viewed from cool and unimpassioned stance <br />The ones that made it also have no aim. <br />The will to live is instinct, nothing more <br />A necessary cause to self-delude <br />Examined logic'lly we see the flaw <br />And sensibly don't let the truth intrude. <br />Before the intonations of our knell <br />Illusions shed, may help us bid farewell.<br /><br />Diane Hine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-acceptance/
