Invisible
Invisible,
Insubstantial,
Nowhere near as solid
As I think I am.
Radio waves,
X-Rays
Gamma.
Particles
Radiation,
Ripping through
As if I wasn’t there.
Invisible,
Insubstantial,
Temporary.
As if
I do not really exist.
A spectre,
A phantom,
A ghost.
A hazy image
Pretending to be real.
Opher – 20.11.2024
I was idly watching the TV and thinking about all the various rays and radio waves that were constantly passing straight through my body as if I wasn’t even there.
We don’t even think about it.
But in front of a beam of radio, X-Ray, Gamma or all those cosmic particles we are non-existent. They simply rip straight through and come out the other side untouched.
Our solidity is in question.
Yet we seem relatively, give or take a cancer or two, unaffected by this unrelenting bombardment.