Tag: the universe

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 29, 20259:38 pm

Backlight, Point Sur State Historic Park, Big Sur, Pacific Coast Highway, California, United States of America

Companions of Existence ~ NaPoWriMo Day 29

This orb
This life giver
This thing of mass
And light
And heat
And meaning
That sets consciousness
Alight

This battery
The necessary and sufficient thing
To create all things

Material
Etherial
Conceptual
Spiritual

Generator of

Possibility
Inevitability

Everything depends
On a lonely star
Circled by rocks and gas and ice
Themselves circled by rocks and gas and ice
Twirling on the outer arm
Of a galaxy of stars and rocks and gas and ice
All made of star stuff

Except consciousness
Which lives in a home
Made of star stuff
But is not
Itself
Star stuff

Instead
Merely a conceit of matter
Believing it is matter
That somehow
Matters

And perhaps it does
Or
Perhaps it does not

But in this moment
I matter
To me
And that is all
That matters

That
And all the other
Matter houses
For consciousness

My companions
Of existence

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 10, 202511:09 am

Isolation, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Islands ~ NaPoWriMo Day 10

There am I
An Island of consciousness
Standing on an Island beach
On a planetary Island in space
Circling a celestial Island in a galaxy
On the outer rim of a galactic Island in an expanding universe
That is an Island in a multi-dimensional array of infinite universes

Singular
Infinitesimal
Inconsequential

But in this moment
I am

I am enough
Necessary and sufficient

For consciousness has no bounds
While it has no explanation
It needs none

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 2, 202411:48 pm

Alone with my Thoughts, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Vessel ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #398

I stand
On the crest of a rocky wave
Take in the calm of the sea
The warmth of the sun
Breathe a sigh
Allow all thought
To drift away
On the tide
Of emptiness
Allow all emotion
To drain away
Into the solid earth
Beneath my feet
Become the vessel
Into which the peace
Of the universe
Flows

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJul 10, 20228:44 am

Valley of the Gods Sunrise from Moki Dugway, Utah Highway 261, United States of America

Morning Glory

Arrives the dawn in golden glory
Sunlight’s kiss good morning

Rise ye
Rise ye

The universe is calling

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 29, 20207:00 am

Sun Shine, Sea to Sky Highway, Near Lion's Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Curvature of the Earth

I remind myself
That this Earth
Is but a small globe

Spinning and spinning
In infinite space

And I no more than a mote

A sprinkling of star dust
Coalesced in flesh and bone

Which one day woke up
Asking questions about
The universe and itself

Is there more than that?
I may never know

Perhaps I simply forgot

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 30, 20207:00 am

Running, Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States of America

Running ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #226

In the presence of something
Much greater than I
I run

Not to
Nor from

Just for the pleasure of running

That greater presence makes me

Not lesser
Nor greater

Just aware
That the incoming tides of life
Offer little distraction to the pleasure of a run

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 26, 202010:32 am

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain

Convergence

All that is
Converges on a single point
Where all that is known and imaginable
Exists in the experience and imagination
Of a single sentience

Earth alone
Is home to billions of such convergences
Leading to this gesture of humility:
How can I know this convergence of mine
Is the best of billions

Or even any good at all

All I know
Of the billions of others
Is at best learned conjecture
Even with the most intimate knowledge
Thus am I both creator and interpreter