The Infinitesimal and Cosmic All

poem by: Michael Wise
Written on Jan 25, 2019

Just how small can the smallest things be?
Is there anything even smaller to see?

Down where tiny particles are giants
discovered, observed and studied by science

Does the subatomic go in as far
as the universe's most distant star?

And from even a molecule's point of view
are there things even more minute to pursue?

Does infinity truly stretch both ways
without and within, or let me rephrase

Does the microscopic go on forever
in a vast and endlessly inward endeavor?

Are protons and neutrons the equals of
the planets and galaxies up above?

Whether grandiose or inconsequential
may your regard for each be reverential

For all creation should be held in awe
with its perfect alignment of physical law

From Canis Majoris to a hydrogen bond
and everything in between and beyond

We each are a part both great and small
of the infinitesimal and cosmic all

 

Tags: Rhyme, Riddle, Abstract, Deep,

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Frank Hornby . commented on Jan 25, 2019 at 8:10pm
Fantastic thought ...galaxies within neutrons....life on a planet somewhere in a neutron.....maybe life something like ourselves?.....wow!..mind blowing poem Michael.....
Michael Wise commented on Jan 25, 2019 at 9:27pm
Thank u Frank. And maybe we are living on the equivalent of an atom to much larger life forms and worlds outside our own. We might be visible under some great galactic microscope for someone else. Who knows?
Christopher Russon commented on Feb 24, 2019 at 7:13am
So true we humans are so small compared to the vast universe Well written poem Michael,

 

 

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