Poem: Quantum Leap of Faith

[peteyfrogboy]

Quantum theory tells us
That both yes and no exist:
You can't know what you're holding
Till you open up your fist.

These realms of possibility
Birth multitudes of worlds
With unicorns or laser guns
As quantum states unfurl.

But hope grips only half as hard
As terror's clutching claws;
Uncertainty hangs like a fog
And makes the timid pause.

It's statistically unlikely
That lightning will strike you,
But knowing that you might be next
Keeps rubber on your shoes.

That stupid cat inside his box
Has got it in our heads
That we're all only mostly live
And tiny fractions dead.

At any moment luck might turn
And unsure states collapse
With us inside like running mice
In deadly waveform traps.

It's arrogant to think that you
Are safe from any harm
And foolish to ignore the ways
That you might buy the farm.

But fools are always happy
And ignorant of strife,
So we might take a lesson there
To live a brighter life.

Comments

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

I like this poem. Makes one think.