We live with sickness despite moving on

Beyond the ignorance our ancestors looked upon

And accepted as being a part of the life

They lived - praying that they might evade the knife.

 

But even today with human knowledge increasing

By the hour...by the day - via research unceasing,

It makes me wonder if illness is like a sin

Caused by our folly - from without and within.

 

Do we encourage the grim reaper's attention

By not paying heed  - or ignoring the mention -

Of how we are abusing our daily bread

By gluttony and greed and things that are said

 

To bring on disease and rot from within

Out of sight of our eyes and our idea of sin? 

Not witnessed on view and thus free from doubt

Do we murder ourselves from within - and without?

 

Out of sight...out of mind...do we presume to defy it -

That insidious decay that comes with our diet?

Even now - with the benefits of medicine and science

Our determination to dismiss becomes deadly defiance.

 

Surely it's far wiser for folk to begin

To help heal the body from without and within? 

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