Firefly

poem by: John Prophet
Written on Aug 10, 2020 

Blinking
in.
Blinking 
out.
Brief
flash of
existence.
Infinite
scales 
abound.
Time and 
space.
Always was.
Always will be.
Human scale
negligible.
Firefly
blink.
Here today
gone 
tomorrow.
Purpose?
Point?
None obvious.
What to do?
What to do
within the
blink?
What to think?
Perspective.
Humility.
Understanding 
of scope.
Here today.
Gone tomorrow.
Never to be
again.
Virtual
particles 
blinking 
in and out
of the
ether.
Nothing
more than
probability.

 

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