Pointless exercise.

narrative verse

 

Pointless exercise.

 

Mankind is obsessed by measurement

of length and breadth and weight and size.

 Continually and restlessly they try

 by observation and experiment

To measure everything accurately.

 

Of what avail is it to us to know

The exact distance to the nearest star

When we already know it is too far

For us to even attempt to go.

To measure everything accurately.

 

It seems to me to be superfluous..

Some things are not possible to measure.

The depth of despair the height of pleasure.

The mind of man forever curious

 Can’t measure everything accurately..

 

We must accept that it is  improbable

 and totally unneccessary.

But still we try unsuccessfully

 to  attempt to do the impossible

 and measure everything accurately.

 

Obsessively we are compelled to try

although we lack the capability.

By curiosity we can’t defy.

Inventing new technology

 to measure everything accurately.

 

With length and breadth and weight we’ve had success

 Because dimensions do not alter much.

Solid things we can see and weigh and touch.

But with abstract concepts a great deal less.

We cannot measure accurately.

 

Time appears to be much more flexible.

It seems it can increase or slow its pace

There is one problem that we have to face.

That as yet we are not capable

of measuring everything accurately.

 

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

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Reviews

[Rhine Wolf]

i have tosay that i got a chuckle out of this one! as always, apleasure to read your work!!

Blessed be,
Fallon