Look Up at the NothingnessA Poem by Zoe LeahNext time you're outside at night Look up. And point in any direction.
If the line were traveled Would you eventually run into something? The only thing seperating your tiny finger From the tremendous star 13 million lightyears away Is a very large amount of Precisely
Nothing.
Space is quite literally just... Empty space.
Our universe only has enough matter To occupy half of what should be there
Everything is Very simply Hung in a multidimensional void In unfathomable small particles with little spaces of Nothing In between. Simple
It's like a fabric that can be moved about in But not punctured or tampered with Ifyou filled a jar with marbles Yes, it may be 'filled' with marbles But that's only because light can reflect off of them therefore making them detectable.
Infinite space is a shockingly hard concept to speculate about... It makes no sense. What keeps our particles of our bodies together? What is it that makes us alive?
I know my body is functional, I know I have a heart beat and Brain activity But all that i am is a bunch fluids and acids and tissue that can Comprehend, Think and Understand
What is it to understand? Do we ever really even grasp anything totally? Are these just bottomless sensations we feel? And I look up But I see nothing.
But I feel..... © 2010 Zoe Leah |
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Added on June 18, 2010 Last Updated on July 12, 2010 AuthorZoe LeahAboutMy name is Zoe and my life is good. But others aren't. And I take that into myself and try to understand how they feel, even though I know it is impossible to really understand. more..Writing
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