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Infinite Amplications
July 9, 2018
A constantly expanding universe,
According to scientists:
Composed of light years upon light years across,
yet we are but a
point
in space.
A speck of dust.
A macrocosm made in a state of f a l l i n g a p a r t
and continues
until something stops it.
But more importantly:
What is it e x p a n d i n g i n t o ?
© Casey C., Rockport, ME
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I wish I could copy and paste this poem the same way I had originally written it. I was inspired by Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves and tried to write this poem in the same style. It questions the most abstract thought that I've had, and, in the same way the text in the book becomes more convoluted as you delve into it, the poem becomes as distant as I am when I'm thinking. It's different, but I like it.