'Don't worry, it's all going according to plan.' I have often heard religious people say this about the course of the world. I harbour a similar feeling, but with some differences, that I would like to simply describe, without explanation or persuasion.
Tag: life
Letting Go
The last rays of the sun caressed a soft paint of a sad gold on the brave steel towers of the young city. The dark ink of the quiet night hung watchful on the opposite horizon, stealthily creeping into the space given up by the receding light. The glass and steel vertices of the craggy …
A moment with the Universe.
A sad grey twilight watches me from outside the window. Faint traces of the sun's orange being given up to the quiet waiting blue some way up from the horizon. How long has it been since I opened these little attics of my mind? How long since I last deemed they were of value? How …
I am here.
The spirit of the universe was nowhere to be found and we had charted light years of starways through quiet dust-strewn blankets of forever dark to find ourselves run out of road, staring but into ancient void There is nothing, we relayed as we made to pull the plug for there was nothing to stay …
Thoughts on the Universe
1. The refusal to link our origins to 'lesser animals' stems from a deep-rooted, audacious pride in our species that is instilled by most religions. The sooner we understand that the universe is not a grand entertainment arena designed for us, that there is no designer who will watch over us and tide us through …
One Life 