Earth
When I made first steps
On this earth
It felt shaky
But definitely flat
Then I was told that
Actually, it is round
I did not believe it
For a moment, but doubt
Slowly started eating
Me from inside out
So, I tried to walk far
Outside the city limits
I climbed mountains
Reaching shiny stars
On the line of horizon
To find out if I can see
The oval edge of the
Earth slowly raising
I swam the oceans
And crawled terrains
No matter what I did
It felt flat to me
Then one day I was told
That the whole earth
Is spinning around
It’s axis all the time
And I was baffled again
I looked at the sky
To see if there is any
Faint echoing sign
Reflecting the earth's
Constant movement around
All I saw was a stationary sky
With the same constellations
Spread uniformely every night
Then again I was told
That the earth was born
In a big bang when a tiny spot
Smaller than a pin dot
Exploded violently in an instant
Becoming the whole universe
With a little insignificant ball
Named planet earth
In the outskirts of forever
Expanding universe
I grew up puzzled with all these
Complexities and mysteries
And still don’t know
If I believe any of this
Any time I walk
Earth feels flat to me
And I don’t feel the speed
Of spinning around
Cosmic infinity
And the big bang
While very enticing
Sounds like a fairy tale
To me
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