Time is quickening

Mary Allen

from the first trillionth of a second, 
when the cosmos could be held 
in a human hand,
each neutrino, gluon, lepton 
accelerates headlong, 
into still becoming space.

on earth lives flare then go out, 
but not before creating
something beyond the reach of time,
more mysterious than dark energy. 
Becoming 
ripples like waves through a continually 
creating universe.

my mortal body is only a fragment of me, 
atoms held together 
by forces              in the field of time.  
The rest is empty space  a moment of         eternity
where something 
unknowable lies.

The Science

The science behind this poem is the creation of the universe, when time was also created.

The Poet

Mary Allen has been writing poetry for about ten years. She has also just completed a novel, and directs plays in Brighton. As well as poetry she is interested in physics and astronomy, and her pamphlet Gladiator has just been Highly Commended in the Poetry Business pamphlet competition

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