who are we

FredPeyer

Who are we?

the ultimate conundrum

comprised of 90 percent star dust

hydrogen atoms born in the big bang

nearly fourteen billion years ago

hydrogen carbon nitrogen oxygen iron sulfur

dust from dying exploding stars

a complex biological machine

topped by an unfathomable mind

yet utterly unimportant

with a life span of 0.000000005

of the age of the universe

and still

we think we are uniquely important

masters of our domain

know-it-all’s with imagination

when in fact

all we are

is an iota of dust

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Comments11

  • orchidee

    Good write Fred.
    I go on about mankind as dust in some of my poems.

  • FredPeyer

    Thanks Orchie, and you are absolutely right!

  • Neville



    .. By Jove, I think he's got it .. many a true word etc etc .......... good un squire ..............

    • FredPeyer

      Thank you Neville! From one speck of dust to another.........................

    • davefmus

      Mankind in a nutshell, Nicely done

      • FredPeyer

        Thanks davefmus, I love your comment!

      • Jerry Reynolds

        The elusions of an only child

        • FredPeyer

          Thanks so much, Jerry!

        • Doggerel Dave

          With you all the way, Fred - and further
          to infinite time and space, our existence, consciousness an unfathomable joke, really

          • FredPeyer

            Thanks Dave, you know we will meet eventually if not in this, then in a parallel Universe! 🙂

            • Doggerel Dave

              Good job you put the smiley in Fred - otherwise I might have taken you seriously : then a maybe a long tangle. And believe it, no one wants that other than Me! 🙂 to you too!

            • dusk arising

              Nice one. I agree with you but sssshhh - you'll upset the christians.

              • FredPeyer

                🙂 Thanks d a! But.............aren't they talking something about dust to dust?????

              • Goldfinch60

                Very true Fred, we are merely a speck in the Universe.

                Andy

                • Poetic Dan

                  No matter how big or small a speck is a speck and could always have more life than we currently know...

                  Couldn't help it but the reply and thanks is underneath lol

                • FredPeyer

                  Thanks Andy! And does the Universe care about that little speck?

                • Poetic Dan

                  Wow... everything and nothing all in one place. Insignificant yet can feel all the universe on the tip of our fingers!

                  Fantastic work my friend
                  Always appreciated

                  • FredPeyer

                    Thanks P D, you ARE the Universe! You ARE everything and nothing.....AND you ARE a great contributor to MPS. Always appreciated right back!

                  • ron parrish aka wordman

                    masters of our domain,lol more lke school

                    • FredPeyer

                      Thanks ron, it is an illusion. The more I learn and know the more I realize how little I know.

                      • ron parrish aka wordman

                        meee to



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