When does the soul form
When do you become who you are
Is there a process
Some checklist that you complete
And then you become you
Or is it hardcoded into your biology
Made at the moment of conception
A cocktail of personality traits
Shaken together in a fertilization blend
Who’s to say that we should not protect a baby
From before it even exists since we do not know
What existence truly is but we do know
That the weak are worth sheltering from the cold
Building walls made of our hopes for a brighter future
It’s hard to say what is right but when
There is a baby squirrel lost to winter
And the mother has left to go to a new tree
Who does not shed a year for what could’ve been
Day 28 – Hard
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Poetry Overdose 