Modern Trinity

It is a fact that Heaven and Hell,
And Human influence as well,
Form a stubborn coexistence,
And none has total dominance.

Once, terrified by Nature,
Humans believed in gods.
Now, emboldened by technology,
And transformed into semi-bots,
Consumers embrace anarchy.

Morphine can be injected to relieve pain,
Serpent venom well used does bleeding contain.
Tech-empowered man is now less humble,
And goes beyond good and evil.

Darwin's natural selection
And machine's artificial intelligence
Seem to point in the same direction:
Nature itself is Omnipotence.
Thus coexistence of God and Satan,
And marriage of Heaven and Hell,
Are explained so well.

On the little board of Go,
Light and dark intermingle,
Between the two mighty forces
Players negotiate their courses.

 

Author: Charlie Lu
Posted: December 26, 2023
Image Source: Goban1, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons