Serious fun
They say for every grain of sand on earth
there is a star somewhere in the universe
But it’s not true
there are more stars by far
About ten thousand for every grain of sand
give or take a few,
Who’s counting anyway
well I am!
Why?
Talk about overkill!
Why does the universe
need 2 trillion galaxies
each packed with 100 billion stars?
I’ll tell you why!
Because that’s the exact amount
you need to ensure one Goldilocks planet
like our earth forms, with intelligent beings
capable of figuring all this out,
whilst living on it
Yeah but to what end?
Think about it!
without us humans to observe
and study the universe
It may as well be a mere
meaningless empty firmament
that frogs look up at,
when mating under the night sky!
Here’s a little secret
the universe cannot think for itself
It needs conscious sentient intelligent beings,
to come into focus, and give it meaning
We are the universe,
the universe is us,
Both one and the same,
inevitabilities of eternity
Oh one could argue
the universe would still be here if I weren’t here
Just like when I die
It’ll still be here
But will it!
how can I know without consciousness,
and therein (lies) the bare (truth)
It may as well not be here
when I come to pass
Insofar as I’m concerned it won’t be,
But the atoms and information that made me
will always be around
So where does my consciousness go
I’m not much good without it
let’s be honest
probably equally as bad with it too
#Listen! I’m leaving all afterlife possibilities
aside just for now
because I cannot explain or understand them,
Besides being agnostic
is my cop out card#
Anyway
I live inside eternity of that I’m pretty sure
so everything that happens
stays inside eternity
even my consciousness
And as everyone knows
an infinite amount of infinities
reside inside eternity,
meaning all consciousness
must be inside eternity
in an infinite amount of diverse ways
So even if the universe rips itself apart,
or implodes with a Big Crunch
it can only rebound in an energy exchange
and form a new universe,
(another big bang)
Then after 14 billion years or so,
in one of its 2 trillion future galaxies
each packed with 100 billion stars,
another version of me
will recombobulate back together
Hopefully it’s the Bill Gates version
with George Clooney looks,
Schwarzenegger’s body
and Einstein’s brain,
next time around!
So you see
I am here
because I have to be here
I honestly had no choice
But hey that’s just me!
Maybe you came for
a different reason
and that’s fine too!
Besides if I’m wrong,
and a god/goddess did build
this universe for unknown reasons
like personal amusement,
Am I not fulfilling my duty to them,
by writing such seriously fun things!
to be conscious or not to be conscious
~ that is the only question
Copyright ©
David Kavanagh
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