Newton’s First
I’m sitting in the pool today
Glorious sunshine and breeze
Surrounded by the perfect waters
Watching the projections of the light through the waves
Traveling along the bottom of the blues
I would move my hands
The circles of light would go on and on and on
For once in my life I saw I was making a difference
A Wave
A Light
That moved on with the slightest of ease
They say that objects in motion stay in motion
Until acted upon by an outside force
This is absolutely true in this physical world
What about the metaphysical one?
And maybe both worlds are just one and the same?
Maybe the mention, just the thought of my name
Sends wavelengths throughout the universe
Maybe 10 billion years from now, those waves will hit a distant star
Move a hydrogen atom 10 billionths of an Angstrom
And somewhere, somehow some intelligent being will say,
“What was that?”
Like Vader said, “I feel a disturbance in the force.”
And somewhere love will reply,
“That’s just Duane, you know how he is
Always thinking, always dreaming, he tried
He tried to touch the edges of the universe
And realized it was already his
Resting there within his night
He slept and rested his clenched up fists
And that simply cannot go without making a difference
So here he is
A wave of pure light….”
We are still in motion
What a beautiful sight
Is our outreaching light….
5/20/23 kdc
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