Interactions

(a poem inspired by Carlo Rovelli)

We breathe 

the same air. 

We occupy 

the same space. 

Yet our 

place,

our

time; 

our 

here, 

our 

now

are relative 

are experienced differently

to the eyes 

through which 

we see

and the bodies

through which 

we experience. 

Creating 

our own

existence 

our own

reality

because of our

perspective. 

We are 

these moments,

an endless series of 

interactions

within

without. 

When our moments 

collide  

we can become 

collaborators 

or perhaps mortal

enemies?

And if we split 

these atoms

these collections of particles

these interactions

there is potential

for immense power

and tremendous 

destruction. 

And so is the dance;

as these 

human happenings

strive to become

human beings

together. 

                                  -- bss 2017