A light in the void
That dot is another world
Complete on its own
Infinite patterns of space
Does it make me small or big?
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This was written for Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge. This week was poet’s choice. I decided to write tanka and use a photo I recently took of Jupiter and the four Galilean moons. The discovery of the moons, distant worlds all of their own having nothing to do with Earth, caused a panic in the minds of a world that thought humans were the reason for the Universe to exist.
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They still seem to think that…(K)
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A lot of people do believe it, and some think that they are personally the center of the Universe…
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Makes you wonder, interesting one Trent. :)
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Thanks, Marje.
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I think both, Trent. Small in the scope of the universe, but a miracle of creation to exist at all. Love the tanka. :-)
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Thanks, Diana. I think both as well. How big must you be to be able to see it and comprehend how small you are….
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Great read. The mind boggles at all that wonderment.
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Thanks! Yes, pretty much everything in the entire universe is so fascinating – “wonderment” is a great term for it.
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We’re just a speck in the swirling cosmos! How true!
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Yes, that’s about it!
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This is beautiful Trent 💜
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Thanks, Willow!
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It really puts us in our place
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Sometimes we all a reminder…
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Yes, we do. Otherwise we grow too big for our boots.
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