Eternity's tiny mansions

Most oif the universe is too small or large for us to see. Just as well.
Life is short, sadder is many wish it shorter.
Ho Ho have a good day.

HL

I love the heady contrast between macro and micro worlds you make this intriguing short poem, astro. You soundly inquire in an ironic fashion about the nature of the cosmos, by addressing human scale--"Man is the Measure of all Things" as per the pre-Socratic philosopher, Protagoras of Abdera ( c. 480-410 BC), while invoking the parallax view of the insulated half-life of radiation with an atom's nucleus, knowing full well man has released the destructive fissionable and fusing potentials of such nuclei in reaction, therefore making possible the destruction of the civilizations you allude to. J. Robert Oppenheimer said: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
There is also the "gamma ray burst" effect from supernova collapsors that astrophysicists are studying, which could blows like a wind of angelic death through our galaxy destroying all we have built up, as if programmed into the universe as a periodic cleansing.
I loved reading your the terrifying article about the steel piercing shells that are coated to bunker bust, astro, as well. And the informational article on radiation constants. I like the way you combined fact, speculation and insightful questioning in this astro burst of splendid verse!

Makes you wonder why so many feel we have to be the only ones, doesn't it?

A profound and thought provoking answer to the challenge AstroGirl!

Wow - very thought provoking. Thanks for participating in the Two Word Challenge!

Looking inside and outside, we find ourselves the only temps here

i absolutely love this poem! eternity is such a wonderful concept to ponder. i love your contrast between the smallest atom and the "rings around the sun" that are so much bigger than we will ever be able to comprehend. consider that if eternity is such a small concept in the whole grand scheme of things that it's as tiny as an atom...then where do we place? that blows my mind!

thanks for this great poem and keep up the excellent work! =)

Wow! Thanks, everyone. I guess I'll have to participate in the 2 word challenge more often. I've been looking at the challenges for a few weeks, but this is the first time the words immediately sparked something for me. I think the concept of the 2 word challenge is great for getting the creative thoughts started.

Thanks for the thought-provoking responses, especially John and Tara. I can't take credit for the articles that I linked too, though. I just found them while I was looking for information on the half-life of the radioactive isotopes we're putting into bombs these days.

This is a neat poem. Reminds of Emily Dicken's style and she is one of my all time favorite poets.

Now I am off to check your links.

excellent response to the challenge - so very thought-provoking (echo, echo!)....thank you!

Ditto to all the comments above. Excellent poem.

What John said...... loved it.

This poem opens up so many worlds of thoughts inside my brain's many mansions and the attics inside those mansions and the rats that invade them and on and on - life as we know and live it is so very short - we're all connected to one another and each other's thoughts. Thank you for sharing this - I ditto all of the above wonderful comments and I appreciate the inspiration. Tonight's dreams will be very different, I'm sure!

Thanks for the nice comments, everyone. I'm sort of surprised by the response to this poem. I don't write poetry very often except when I want to get something off my chest quickly. I wouldn't claim to be a poet. Usually I write prose.