Not Fade Away – 24th January 2025

In every atom a universe
Where the sentient must survive
A speed of light, and so traverse
To keep life’s dream alive

Not fade away, cease to exist
Or slowly rendered rotten
The innate urge to persist
And never be forgotten

Without thought, without emotion
The proton set to dance
And swim the primordial ocean
Where life takes one more chance

Shared with No Theme Thursday picture prompt and also to dVerse’s MTB prompt about negation (which this poem sort of fits)


Today I’m feeling:

A little tired and dizzy. I felt both hot and cold this morning and had already decided to skip exercise this morning. It’s due to get cold again for a few days before we head back into smoky summer.

I managed to push through the day and felt a bit better by the end of it though still pretty exhausted.

Health:

Physical: 7
Mental: 7

Today I’m grateful for:

An online post at Girl Online that inspired me to write something today.

The best thing about today was:

Picking up some cheap guitar leads during my break after writing what I thought was a pretty good poem for my AllPoetry course, which is sometimes difficult to motivate myself for.

Something I learned today?

While TLC arranged for all the foreign teachers to go to the director’s father’s funeral this evening, all the Thai teachers went during work hours. Hmmm.

Nam took this picture because I wanted to see why my skin was hurting behind my ear. I’m guessing it’s from my new glasses.