Run at the speed of me
rocket from big bang birth
dash as atoms toddle
sprint as molecules mingle
flee immature star formations
bound beyond melancholy black holes
waver to gravity’s alluring curves
though no time tick tocks
to pierce your atmosphere
to blast your unbarred eyes
to reflect myself
at the speed of me.
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Artwork is "A Fundamental Constant" by Alison Jardine.
Written for One Stop Poetry's Friday Poetically, G-Man's Friday Flash 55, and Poet's United Think Tank #55.
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gorgeous work.
ReplyDeletebig bang birth...time tick tocks to...some great alliteration...really a driving pace to this that fits...nice.
ReplyDeleteGreat spin on a cosmic life span.
ReplyDeleteI love this; our birth right~ Well Done!
ReplyDeleteMatt,
ReplyDeleteI love the energetic feel to your words.
An exciting piece of writing.
Eileen
Way good, my friend. 55 words can lay on the burn sometimes, this one's at the cozmic level, as well as the physics of me.
ReplyDeleteGreat lines with your 55, time tick tocks was a great play on time passing us by.
ReplyDeleteBRILLIANT imagery, Matt!!! And so metaphorical in its style... I just LOVED this!!
ReplyDeletewow - love how you capture the speed in the pic with your words..the lines from the pic just continue to flow through your writing...great
ReplyDeleteCreative and engaging at the cosmic and cellular level. Awesome 55!
ReplyDeletebound beyond melancholy black holes
ReplyDeletegreat line, awesome post!
Wow Matt, great prompt write, it flows as fast as the image and leaves me in as much of a whirl. Wonderful poetry my friend! ~ Rose p.s this comment took only 15 minutes to enter, I'm getting better at it, maybe? ;)
ReplyDeleteMatt...
ReplyDeleteYour 55 Rocked!
You somewhat make boring Space...Colorful!
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
very digital aged 55,
ReplyDeletesuperb piece of writing.
I have a few biases toward this poem.
ReplyDeleteFirst: science + poetry = SWEET!
Second: It reminds me of a RUSH song, at least the title of one. Also pretty sweet.
Third: "gravity's alluring curves" is such a beautiful image and scientifically as well as poetically, spot on.
I love it.
If there is perfection between a prompt and a poem, this is it. “At the speed of me,” touches something primal. Great, great poem.
ReplyDeleteMatt, "At the Speed of Me," washed me up on your shore, but now I find I'm stranded here. I've begun a search, but mapping the twists of your mind will take more time than I have today. What a wonderful site. I'll be back.
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