ACROSS THE CURTAIN: Reflections on the limits of human knowledge

	Across the flimsy curtain of common "reality"
	are spheres of existence we seldom conceive -

	Spheres where atomic clocks move in nano-rhythms
	& each breath seems an eternity

	Dimensions in which galaxies last but a day
	& all human knowledge becomes a nugatory flame

	Realities in which a single snowflake
	appears as an elegant spaceship

	& others in which large planets
	are fleeting, microscopic blips

	Whenever people around you implore
	"be realistic"
	smile at them & reflect:

	What do any of us know of reality?
	Can we ken the depths?


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from Heart Scenes: Emotional Landscapes via Art, Poetry, & Prose by T Newfields
Summary:  A contemplation on the unknowability of the universe.
Keywords: unknowability, limits of knowledge, gnosis

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2010 in Tokyo ☆ Finished: 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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