Things, Small and Large

Some things are small Like things you should not sweat. Others are large - They make your temples wet. Your hair stands up And beads form on your brow Rather than evaporate The droplets join to flow What if tears are added in And pain is there as well? Do you drown in liquid agony? And who could ever tell? When things get even smaller They matter more but generate no tears or sweat Like molecules, atoms. electron swarms and quarks Scientific knowledge need not make our cheeks run wet. And things on scales much larger yet, Like galaxies (with neutron stars), Are sources of excitement and wonderment Like planning trips to Mars. So - do not sweat things that are ‘small’ Really means insignificant, And tears from joy of discovery Means anxiety has come, then went.