PBS Science Form 3 Band 6 Astronomy

INSIGNIFICANCE

We think that we’re taller than mountains, and deeper than sea,

With knowledge about all stuffs, including you and me.

Especially when the flashlights shine,

We think we are great as giants,

To conquer the world, as if, we are made of gold.

Minds change like the weather; lifespan are tied in our palms,

We live in our own pace, slow as snails, but we don’t know!

We think we can rule the world, like drummers in a band,

With a hit or a bang, we can simply strive to be crowned.

But oh no, such indescribable pride we have!

But now I learn that, the world is bright and wide,

Decorated with lights, as if it’s a Christmas tree in a party house.

Just that we all did not know, because we did not get to see,

The lights are far too distant about all of us.

Somewhere in a great distance we cannot approach,

In the drastic darkness where dozens of fireballs are hung aloft,

The sky there is larger than know, spinning fast on its own pace.

Just that we don’t know, we are much smaller than any of them,

Not even dust we would be, if we tend to be compared in time.

They are gigantic as minds; gargantuan as limits,

Gorgeously shine in different shades of colours.

If we could dream to see them, a wonderland would be, as if we’re in.

 

Beyond the nation, the planet, the galaxy, even this universe,

This world is truly big indeed; ultra is not even the appropriate word to describe it,

Where there is no gravity, or sound that can be heard.

How wondrous it is, or it would be, if we ever get to know other living things out there.

Now only I can see, how small human beings are,

But we can think big, and dream, as far as we want.

By,

Euan Thum.