"Nothing" is so hard to imagine,
For even empty space is something.
Nothing means "no thing",
Which means it cannot exist
Without Existence.
There must be Something
For there to be a Nothing.
And then we have the anomaly
Of sub-atomic particles
Winking in and out of existence:
Something then nothing then something then…
We are partly made of such particles,
So we too are winking……
The wonder of it all, of course,
Is that I sit here
Scratching my head about "Nothing",
A sentient being trying to make sense
Of the miracle that is Life.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Paul, congratulations on a wonderful, brain-tickling, poem. It made my day! I suggest this poem might be even stronger if one phrase were shortened: And then we have the anomaly Of sub-atomic particles I think could be changed simply to: Sub-atomic particles are an anomaly... Keep writing!
Many thanks Eugene. Yes, scientific language can be very tricky in poetry. But I love those ideas out there.