Twice Programed

poem by: E.J. Waling
Written on Nov 04, 2016 

I was born here.
You were born there.
I was raised here.
You where raised there.
I was educated here.
You were educated there.
I have my beliefs.
You have your beliefs.
We do not agree.
We may go to war.
If I were born there.
If you were born here.
Things would be the same.
We are twice programmed,
genetically at conception and socially by the culture
we are born into.

 

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Christopher Russon commented:
Lovely poem.food for thought.
Anna Tate commented:
Good poem x

 

 

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