In the midst of this what are we but mere specks?

Many, many, many years ago I remember reading a novel about an astronaut who was to explore deep space. The story ended when his rocket broke free from the cover of a hard back book. The premise being that our sun and planets were nothing more than an atom. The sun being the nucleus and earth and our other planets were electrons. This was repeated with other planetary systems throughout the universe, and the atoms formed the molecules of the book cover. Mere specks on an electron?

Coruscating diamonds over a sable throw
As an Earth-placed metaphor to show
imagery of a view up high
from far beyond Earth's blue sky
Yet photons entangled far away
cause in our minds a bright display
From a time long ago from stars so bright
And yet they travel at the speed of light
So how long for them does the journey take
Until they such a graceful metaphor make

William

Living in London previously, and for the last nearly 6 decades in a South Coast town, I have had few nights when more than a few major constellations were visible.
One of the things that I have loved when on holiday in low populated farm country in rural France is the chance to see the stars through an unpolluted sky.
I find words cannot sufficiently express the emotions on seeing the blaze of lights in the heavens.
As for the wonder of telescope derived pictures of features like the nebulae and galaxies, stupendous would be an understatement.

Agreed, Jack. I love to see the images from Hubble, and now the Webb Telescope images.

KarenPL wrote:

It's as if millions of tiny coruscating diamonds have been flung over a sable throw.

What beautiful imagery! Have you tried your hand at writing poetry, Karen? If not, you should do!!

Thank you, Alfred. I always did well in English lessons at school, which I put down to being a bookworm since more-or-less the age of seven. I theorize that I learned osmotically from the reading as even now, when it comes to the mechanics of language, I couldn't really tell you much about things like prepositions, clauses and such-like.

However, for some reason, poetry has never been my thing. So I tend to wax lyrical in prose form by preference.

It's as if millions of tiny coruscating diamonds have been flung over a sable throw.

What beautiful imagery! Have you tried your hand at writing poetry, Karen? If not, you should do!!

Each atom a speck in relation to you.

Those stars you see, so far away, cause a reaction in your brain that you call seeing them.

I had not known the word 'coruscating' before today. Thank you, Karen.

William

When we go to Scotland for our holiday, we stay at a cottage out in the back of beyond. Coming home from our evening meals we have had many crystal clear nights and the sky above us looks magnificent. It's as if millions of tiny coruscating diamonds have been flung over a sable throw. The Milky Way looks a blaze of light, and many times I have stood there, shivering slightly in a cool breeze at times for perhaps 10 minutes or so, feeling a great sense of awe and wonder, especially with the realization that I am the merest of specks, probably not even a grain of sand, in comparison.

It's also fun to watch out for the bats in the adjacent barn. Even at my age, I can still hear their little clicking noises as they wing over my head.

https://www.salon.com/2022/10/20/james- … -creation/