Love Has Never Been About the Genes

Music: Fugue K058. By Domenico Scarlatti. Performed by John Sankey at Kunst der Fuge.

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Love has never been about the genes, But about beauty, and unforgiving grace. The wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus Had nothing in her heart but wrenching joy. Oh, yes, of course, love also is a means, Serving the survival of the race. But more, it is a longing that redeems us, An end itself no ending can destroy. And so it is with mothers who love children Not of their flesh, but of their nurturing. The origin fades, the years of love remain Vivid in the background of a life. For Rome, the wolf will always be its kindred, Ancestor who took fate's offering And made it hers through sacrifice and pain, The legacy that would her long days light.