Perspective
Like an ant on a leaf
Contemplating what may be underneath.
Life is too brief.
Like a bacterium in a toilet bowl
Trying to fathom some higher goal;
Stuck in a minor role.
Life, life is so weird;
Stranger than we feared.
The universe is not geared;
Understanding is never neared.
Space is so vast
Though light is so fast
We see into the past
But it leaves us all aghast.
Like a moth around a light
Understanding the orbit of its flight
With all its might.
Like duckweed in a pond
Thinking about what may be beyond;
It can’t abscond.
Like a human in his small life
With work, child and wife;
The daily strife.
Looking for a purpose
Above the daily curse
That doesn’t make things worse.
Life, life is so weird;
Stranger than we feared.
The universe is not geared;
Understanding is never neared.
Opher – 25.8.2022
Given the amazing size of the universe and the tininess of our brains it’s incredible that we understand any of it.
In the past we created religions and gods to make sense of what we fail to understand.
We’d rather believe in mysticism than reality.
Yet the universe has enough wonder without us creating layers more.
Life is miraculous enough without us imagining unreal layers.
We are no different to the ant, bacterium, moth or duckweed.