Victor D López

Victor D López Feb 2022

There is no danger,
Like that of hubris unbound,
Linked with nihilism.

We think we conquered,
The universe's secrets,
With our puny brains.

Plato wisely wrote,
"I know that I know nohing,"
An optimist, he.

What we know could fill,
Perhaps half of an eggshell,
If it is quite small.

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If you would know more, please download and read my short story, End of Days, free until March 3, 2022 but only at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/428812

Victor D López Feb 2022

The Day the Dolphins Vanished

We're not the sole intelligence on Earth,
Nor necessarily the brightest here,
Other mammals we know indeed possess,
Significantly larger brains than ours.

***** whales, elephants and dolphins all have,
Larger brains than humans, it is well known,
As to intelligence no one can know,
Which species is the brightest of them all.

Imagine now that science could allow,
Humans to speak with dolphins in real time,
What would we learn from them and they from us?
What would they think of all we have achieved?

If they could see us with clear eyes and minds,
How might they judge the worth of humankind?

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You can download my short story by the same name free of charge in any ebook format through February 26, 2022 at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/428707

Victor D López Feb 2022

Earth Mother

A beautiful woman is awakened,
By an off-world visitor with a plea,
With enticing compensation promised,
If she will render a simple service.

Compensation would be two priceless gifts,
No humans possess and few would pass up.
Say yes, and the world could be her oyster,
Her high ambitions within easy reach.

Should she accept? And if she does, will she,
Attain all that she craves, or tragedy?

This is a teaser for my SF short story by the same name

Victor D López Feb 2022

Mergs

We choose to keep the homeless out of sight,
As though they'd vanish if we do not look,
It's easy to ignore their sorry plight,
Treat them as lesser humans God forsook.

We easily dismiss the luckless few,
Though there but for God's grace may go we all,
Yet hubris blinds us to what we once knew,
Before our childhood's end, before our fall.

How different to us the world would seem,
If we knew billions worshipped each of us,
Unheard, unseen, their fates not ours to glean,
The least of us, in fact, a world en masse.

If kings and paupers both are just the same,
Denying each dignity is insane.

This sonnet is intended as a teaser for one of my short stories, "Mergs (or Why Godot Can't Come)".

Victor D López Jan 2022

What Price to Live the Dream?

What price would you pay,
For a chance to change your past,
Would you give up life?

If you cannot live,
With a life-changing mistake,
No price is too high.

This is a teaser poem for my short story, What Price to Live the Dream.

Victor D López Jan 2022

**** Sapiens Sapiens

**** Sapiens Sapiens,
Are at the top of the food chain.

We would do well to remember,
Long ago, so were dinosaurs.

Victor D López Jan 2022

Career Advice

Work is a true joy,
When it involves your passion,
Choose careers wisely.

Of your time on earth,
Much will be spent preparing,
For work and working.

Make your life's work count,
By choosing meaningful work,
Leave something behind.