Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Nebulous Whereabouts of Age

 

14-billion years it took us


to get here on this Earth.


In universal terms, all of us,


you and I are cosmological


clock-wise basically the


same age.



A nanosecond, one year


or a hundred-thousand year


spread between us is


inconsequential on the


Cosmic Calendar of Date


and Time.



We humans have evolved


to learn what we must in


order to survive. Some of


us are better at this than


others; others still exist


with a measure of pure


unadulterated luck.


There are so many


variables and forces


at work here.



We as a species have


developed the sciences


to help us explain.



Also, throughout our


history, we have called


upon an omnipresent,


all powerful deity to


praise or blame, to


inspire, punish and


shame us, to justify


and explain the when,


where and why of our


very existence.



And here we are to date,


nonetheless one minuscule,


biologically evolved blip of


self-centered consciousness


among an ever expanding


universe of gasses and stars.



Ah, the revealed and yet undis-


covered, the black hole of our


imaginings, and the sublime


wonder of it all…Pretty friggin’


amazing in human time and


space, I must say.



                      -30-


Chris Hanch 4-8-2023

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