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Physics

I'm traveling north
At a fraction of the speed of light
In a linear progression
Through the dimension of time
A point mass
A particle
Going in a straight line
The interesting stuff happens
When your path hits mine

A collision
A decision
To connect
Or redirect
Each path a new
Direction
Each direction a new
Path

It's all relative
I'm the center of the universe
All I see
Is mapped from me
It's all relative 
You're the center of the universe
All you do
Is mapped from you
It's all relative 
We're the center if the universe
All we need
Is mapped from we

There goes the clock
Tick tock
tick...
tock...
Slower and slower
As I go faster and faster
Traveling north
At the speed of light
A point mass
A particle 
Hurtling towards
A destination
A collision
An intersection
A decision

Copyright © Heather Secrest | Year Posted 2017

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Line Gauthier Date: 5/13/2020 1:33:00 PM Bravo what an awesome creation, Heather. Superb word play. Love it. Login to Reply

John Watt Date: 5/1/2020 5:09:00 PM Now, is this poem in relation to a Cartesian coordinate system or a polar coordinate system? Ha, just kidding... loved your physics write Heather. Especially the references to Einstein's thought experiments with time slowing down as velocity approaches the speed of light. Fun to read aloud, too! Hope you find some more science nerds on Poetry Soup. I recently wrote a sonnet to my High School math teacher and found a lot of Soup poets hated math in school (and still do!) Great job on this! ~ John Login to Reply Heather Secrest Date: 5/1/2020 5:18:00 PM Haha! Typically I use Cartesian for physics. :) I wrote this while I was taking my first college physics course and I found the Einstein relativity to be absolutely fascinating! I also loved the idea that anything can be the center of the universe so long as we set it as the origin point on our coordinate system.

Richard Lamoureux Date: 10/31/2018 8:16:00 AM I found this very interesting. Login to Reply

Kai Michael Neumann Date: 2/3/2017 5:08:00 AM This is very insightful and thought provoking. Great work, many wishes, Kai Login to Reply

Mark Martin Date: 2/2/2017 3:59:00 PM Great idea using physics as a theme. Congratulations! :-) Login to Reply

Darren White Date: 2/2/2017 6:47:00 AM Hah! I love this! What a clever way to tackle the contest :) Congratulations. Login to Reply

Agnes Krampe Date: 1/13/2017 10:28:00 PM I like how you used the physics as a jumping off point for deeper metaphor about life, Heather. Physics is awesome and can be very poetic. What kind of physics class did you take? Agnes Login to Reply Heather Secrest Date: 1/14/2017 8:54:00 AM Thank you! I took a calculus based Newtonian physics class. It was amazing because my professor liked to talk about all of the weird things that could happen in physics and didn't limit himself to the course aims. I found the class really inspiring.

Holly Bohto Date: 1/13/2017 9:32:00 PM I really enjoyed this poem. I visualized the process as I read. My son (the environmental engineer hates it when I talk physics). If only he knew how much I enjoyed this poem. Rock on nerd girl. Login to Reply