Larger Than Life: A Collaboration With Sereenaoutloud

The ocean's so large it could swallow a barge
and have space for a train and a mall.
Now here is the gist. Yes, this is a list
of things that might make one feel small. 

The size of the sun, compared to the earth;
its burning bright yellow glow
sits over 93 million miles away,
but can still burn us where ever we go.

A hurricane with its winds oh so fierce
can just smack me and knock me right down;
so I rarely go out to enjoy the breeze
when there's one blowing over my town.

The Grand Canyon and it's natural formation,
sweeping views and rocky lines so free.
When you visit don't stand too close to the edge
or you may wind up a spot for tourists to see.

there are many more things that may make you feel small;
too many to fit in this write,
but look up to the sky and for free you can feel
what it's like to be small in the night.

Author's Note

Here is a link to Sereenaoutloud's profile:
http://www.writerscafe.org/sereena79

Reviews

[ANTO]

Excellent collab guys.
Insignifiacnce is a weird feeling - very grounding and of course its not only Earth that can makes us feel that way - sometimes the one's we love make us feel like we dont matter too.

The imagery is super HD - its like the Nat Geo channel of collabs here. Brilliant.
:)))

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Anto.

[sereenaoutloud]

Thank u ant!! :)

[Riv]

It's a collab that works so well together. Almost like a duet with a song, great job to the both of you. It definitely took me for a ride xD and for a moment it did make me think about life. Which is how most poems go for me.

[mattavelli]

Thank you for reading, Limno.

[lonewolf225]

Great collaboration, i do love reading the work of sereenaoutloud as would anyone with good taste in poetry :) and I'm glad to see mattavelli"s work as well once again great work you guys hope to read more.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Lonewolf. Do you like Sereena's writing more than mine?

[lonewolf225]

i think your works are equal :)

[Valentine]

How true. Just thinking of the universe, I sometimes picture God being so big the atmosphere moves when he breathes. Valentine

[mattavelli]

Thank you for reading, Valentine.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Looking up at the stars at night is one of my pre-occupations! I love doing it, just to view the beauty and wonder of it. Did you happen to see Venus and Jupiter just below the moon the other night?

...93 million miles away...now that's something to ponder! My best to you both!

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading.:)

[GreenEyedPoet]

Very clever write you guys! You two did a great job. :D
Insignificance is an interesting feeling, doesn't take much for someone to feel small and it can happen for many reasons - like with nature or even worse when it comes to someone you care about.
Again awesome write guys!

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading. :)

[Kshitij Srivastava]

MOTHER nature....to be treated likewise ☺
Enjoyed reading it.

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Kshitij.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

This is beautiful. I've got a lot of respect for Mother Nature. Well done, good collaboration, Matt and Sereena. :) Rudi

[mattavelli]

Thank you, Rudi. Sereena made this a fun write. :)

[wordman]

even though the creation of gog makes us look small,in his eyes we are bigger than them all

[mattavelli]

Thank you for reading, Wordman.

[wordman]

my pleasure

[sereenaoutloud]

That you Ron !! :)

[wordman]

my pleasure

[marcus]

We are but a thought, wished upon a speck of dust, swirling, in an infinite universe. We are nothing. We are everything!

[mattavelli]

Thanks for reading, Marcus. :)

[marcus]

I liked it!!