Quantum physics explained  

An atom is a small thing

But filled with empty space

Around its core at awful speed

You’ll see electrons race.

Of course you will not see them

As they are rather small

And move so fast

It’s hard to see

if they are there at all.

 

Relative in size,

a speck of dust in a large room

depicts the area between

these items in the gloom.

 

Now, we are made of atoms!

So we are made of space!

So you and me and him and her

and all the human race

are not in fact material,

are not what we appear!

Oh my, that’s complicated

and even worse my dear

the small things have

much smaller parts,

all filled with space I fear.

 

For when I look at something

I change it with my view

So what I see is not at all

the same thing that you do.

 

So am I really here at all

and sitting in a chair?

Do I really have a face

and thinning greyish hair?

 

Do these eyes through which I look

And skin that helps me feel

exist only in my mind?

Pray what is there that’s real?

 

Is the world of things I see

illusion on the whole?

 

No! Thanks to God and Percy Sledge

I know that I have soul!

                   

Anger

I know I should not,

But I sometimes do give in to irritation, even anger.

In fact, sometimes I allow myself to bathe in the feeling.

Mostly, it is towards someone I love - mostly.

 

As You know, and as I really do also know, 

only those I love can hurt me - in a way that lasts.

Outrage towards a stranger, who has offended me,

usually dissipates quickly.

 

But as You know, 

I have sometimes allowed resentment towards someone I love

to fester in my soul

For longer than it should.

 

This has happened more than once. 

And as You know and as I know, 

it will probably happen again.

 

Lord, I have an idea. 

It is a humble suggestion for You.

 

In future, when unforgiving feelings enter my mind

And threaten to take over my heart

I ask this of You:

 

Whenever, I am annoyed, unforgiving, resentful, angry at someone,

Please send a blessing to that person

That is 10 times more powerful

than my negative feelings towards them.

 

Help me to remember this request at that time.

Help me to remember that I am the only one who suffers

From my negativity.

Help me to remember this at the summit of my wrath

And to laugh at my own stupidity.

 

Help me to laugh at the reminder that

I have so much more to learn

And that Your love always surrounds all.