David Kavanagh Poet Rhyme

Imagination

Somewhere on another world 
in a far away galaxy,
Intelligent life forms built a telescope,
so powerful our planet they could see

I also built a similar contraption
then maxed out the zoom,
Now I witness these same beings 
observing earth from a room 

And as they zoom in closer 
it’s dinosaurs they see, not me
This is no illusion,
nor does it defy relativity 

I’m in their far off future
watching them observe earths distant past,
I spot a real T Rex on their monitor
Barney I nickname him, aghast!

I’m live streaming earth 
via a planet no one has ever heard,
Even though the creatures I see
are 66 million years dead, 
We humans have not evolved yet 
for we’re light parsecs ahead 

Every observable thing that has happened
embeds in photons racing through space,
All we need to unlock them is technology,
and be standing in the right place

I hope you follow my postulation
these implications are quite intense,
What good are our imaginations
without trying to make some sense. 

Wow! here’s a thought about this poem
say on a planet 2000 light years away,
If by chance they observe Jerusalem
Christ son of man! what more need I say

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Juliet Ligon May 23, 2021 at 6:58 PM Thanks for entering your original poem, David. You took me on a wild trip. This was a difficult contest to judge. Keep up the creativity. David Kavanagh May 24, 2021 at 10:20 AM Heya Juliet, glad you enjoyed the trip, I really enjoyed writing this one, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty September 4, 2020 at 2:55 PM One for the creative imagination David. Jumping light speed 66 million years ahead from Barney to Jesus. David Kavanagh September 8, 2020 at 8:44 AM Hey maybe I already have sent it from the future, but can’t remember the date you will get the secret, cheers David Christopher Flaherty September 7, 2020 at 12:41 PM I pray you discover the answer to it David my friend and pass it on to me please. David Kavanagh September 5, 2020 at 4:37 AM Yeah Christopher I was getting carried away thinking about the science behind the time travel paradox I think this may be a way around it, in my mind anyway, cheers David

Sigrid Ermine August 30, 2020 at 4:36 PM Hi David. A terrific poem here.... You called him Barney, so clumsy!! The light speed concept and time warp is way above my head, I need to read a lot more to begin - you just summed up the astounding possibilities with whimsy and poetic prowess. David Kavanagh August 31, 2020 at 12:27 AM Thank you so much Sigrid, I do ponder the universe and creation and when discover a paradox my mind runs free, I think the science here will hold up if and when the technology is developed, cheers David