Touching The Flame
No formula or numbers
as Albert had deigned
The greatest of mysteries
we share one domain
From outside he struggled
to bend back the truth
From inside I journey
its paradox loose
To him it was relative
to me more sublime
That thing we both search for
—the essence of time
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 06, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Words | 55 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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