They enter our lives like a star
They illuminate our souls
But when they’re gone like those stars
They become black holes
Less than void
But so much more
An infinitely heavy nothing
Sucking the light from our core
But look away from the event horizon
Look at those out there
There are people still alive
People who still do care
Look around for those who love you
Look both near and far
For they can bring the light
To your broken heart
Every one a star
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This is incredibly beautiful Trent! I loved the flow of it;
“Less than void, But so much more,
An infinitely heavy nothing, Sucking the light from our core “,
Thank you so much for sharing this. It touched me deeply <3
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After i commented on your blog I though it would make a good poem. So thanks! In many ways your post about heaviness was the inspiration, so again you were my muse. I hope there is little of that heaviness now <3
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Yep, that’s what we all need in those dark moments :)
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I’ve never understood black holes…this sort of makes them more understandable…maybe because I’ve felt that heavy emptiness upon losing those stars.
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Yes, we all feel that heaviness.
One problem with explaining black holes is that to really understand them you have to understand Relativity. But I lied in the poem, they’re not really infinitely heavy, they are infinitely dense. You take a star and start compressing it. At some point it gets so dense that normal matter can’t exist, but neutrons can – electrons and protons are squeezed together to make neutrons. This is a neutron star and something that weighs twice as much as our sun is compacted down to about 5 miles in diameter. But something heavier might continue to collapse even farther. All of the mass will be confined in a point, the same “point” you teach kids in math classes that are infinitely small. So the mass is infinitely dense. But the weight hasn’t changed…. OK, end of science lesson ;)
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A lovely poem of hope. Just look around :-)
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Thanks. Yes, there are people around :)
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Oy! That first part a lot of that going around lately. I think you captured the feeling quite well. And the second part to bring hope back is also quite beautiful.
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Thanks Sarina. Someone recently asked why “nothing” is so heavy. My answer was that it isn’t nothing, that the old stars of your life become black holes, infinitely heavy and sucking the light. The black holes can’t go away, but you can be illuminated by other stars.
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Quite true. An you never know when, who, why… It only appears. Eyes wide open, you see.
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Yes, eyes wide open. If you always look towards the “black hole” you might not notice the light of the new “stars” who have entered your life.
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