The Double Helix
Richard
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In the dawn of time, life's mystery lies,
In ______ strands unseen by the human eyes,
In the heart ______ cells, where secrets keep,
Watson and Crick began to seek.
With paper and pen, they drew the line,
A ______ helix, a twist divine,
A dance of bases, A ______ T, G and C,
Unlocking the code of destiny.
Oh, the double helix, spinning through time,
Unravelling secrets, oh, ______ sublime,
From the heart of the cell to the ______ of the sky,
The code of life, soaring high.
Chargaff's rules whispered in the night,
Bases pair, and the ______ was right,
Adenine with thymine, guanine with cytosine,
The ______ clear, a design unseen.
X-ray beams through the crystal clear,
Franklin's images brought the structure near,
Watson and Crick, ______ saw the light,
In the helix form, life's guiding sight.
From the simple code, a symphony,
The human genome, ______ legacy,
With every sequence read, a door unlocked,
To ______ hands, the future docks.
Gene therapy, a beacon bright,
______ cures in the darkest night,
From the tiniest cell ______ the grand design,
A future of health, our genes align.
With every twist, with every turn,
New hopes rise, ______ fears burn,
In the dance of A and T, ______ and C,
Lies the promise of what we can be.
From Watson and Crick to the future's gaze,
In ______ dance of genes, our anthem plays,
The double helix, ______ tale of light,
Guiding humanity through the night.