2 Physics Poem by D A Phinney

2 Physics

Rating: 5.0


Now there are several dimensions to love;
Seeing's inadequate, too much is missed.
If only seeing were needed to prove,
Eyes would be open and light would be kissed.
But something must synchronize deep in the heart
Where senses are swayless. The resonant strings
In harmonies pre-written sound with no start
Or ending: it's us the melody sings.

Reality's faceted, flash in the eye
By one plane obscures all the rest. When we sight
A coin and say heads, or say tails, we lie,
For, conscious of one part, the other we slight.
At high speed a particle splits into two;
Change spin of the first and, though distant by years,
The other will only the opposite do,
And instantly, proving it's all done with mirrors.
In every new particle's folded all others;
Determining consciousness dictates what's seen.
Mass viewpoint assures, as we're sisters and brothers,
The whole of the Cosmos is our mental screen.
Conceptual Universe then is the state,
Reflecting us back to the sight of our souls;
But why in such beauty does distance grow great,
And what, God, portend the abysmal black holes?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Scarlett Treat 01 April 2006

D.A., I love this one, the scope of it, the reaching into our very souls. One question: On the line that reads Its us the melody sings, would that sound better if it read more formally, for instance, It is we the melody sings? Just thought its us sounded a little to 'common language' for such beauty.

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Tomás O Cárthaigh 01 February 2006

Ah, brilliance! This is what poetry is all about!

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