Look upward with me,
magnify the solar system.
Marvel at what is light years away.
Now stand in still of night,
look up with naked eye.
Millions of tiny shining lights,
star specks in ebony sky.
No matter our egos,
we are simply small creatures
alive for a millisecond of time.
All the more reason
to be humbled by the universe,
to live and love,
thankful for every day.
Posting to dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe, and noting it is day 2 of NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Writing Month.
I’m hosting Tuesday Poetics, introducing folks to John McKaveney. John is a friend from San Diego who has an undergraduate degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics, is a lawyer, and has an amazing telescope! For today’s prompt, I’ve provided four of John’s amazing photos and asked folks to use at least one as inspiration for their poem today. See information below, about the photo I’ve used here.
Photo by John McKaveney. The Orion Nebula: “This is an active star forming region about 1400 light years away, of condensing gas and dust, illuminated by newly forming stars. Our solar system formed in a region much like this about 5 billion years ago. The photons that were observed when this picture was taken, left the nebula in 624 AD. At that time, Mohamed had just won the Battle of Badr, in Saudi Arabia, the classical period in Europe was ending and the middle ages beginning, the Mayas were just beginning to build their largest pyramids, and Europeans had not yet set foot in North America. Throughout this entire time, those photons of light were traveling through space to be captured to form this photograph, where their journey finally ended.”
lillian the home poet 
Indeed… we are such a small piece in the large and still mostly empty universe…
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A stunning gaze at the universe, Lill – I feel as if I’m standing there with you looking at the ‘star specks in ebony sky’ – they make feel like a simply small creature whenever I see them.
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In the grand scheme of things, we are just dust really in the universe. Love this part Lillian:
No matter our egos,
we are simply small creatures
alive for a millisecond of time.
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There’s wisdom here, and much indeed to marvel at what is light years away! Lovely, Lill.
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we are tiny indeed loved the poem
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We do seem like small creatures when we look outwards to the vast universe.
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We are very small in this amazing universe and I agree be grateful for everyday we are given.
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This really puts things into perspective for me:
No matter our egos,
we are simply small creatures
alive for a millisecond of time.
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A beautiful poem, Lillian. We are just “Dust in the Wind” in this universe.
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This is absolutely gorgeous, Lillian! I especially admire this part; “No matter our egos, we are simply small creatures alive for a millisecond of time.” 💖💖
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A lovely poem, the perfect message, I am there .. with you.
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It does overwhelm with wonder. (K)
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“No matter our egos,
we are simply small creatures
alive for a millisecond of time.”
True and wise words, Lillian. What a lovely write. Thanks for the prompt..
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I echo the comments of others…your words remind me to “check my ego at the door”.
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“All the more reason
to be humbled by the universe”
Exactly.🙏🏻
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