Across the Universe
"Even light, which travels so fast that it takes most races thousands of years to realise that it travels at all, takes time to journey between the stars." -- Douglas Adams
And you should take the time
to travel, really travel I mean
not just down the road to the chemist
but look at the light,
the light! Tunnelling
to travel, really travel I mean
not just down the road to the chemist
but look at the light,
the light! Tunnelling
through the black, so fast
that it has no time in which to travel
no time to experience the journey
no time at all
as it hurtles through the frozen universe
because the speed of light
which can be considered the rate of propagation of events
the rate at which the Universe Itself (tm)
carries information from place to place
the rate of recalculation
underpinning everything
but look at the light
watch it set off on a journey of a billion years
not fearing the reaper
or anything at all
light
born at the wall
at the edge of what is possible.
that it has no time in which to travel
no time to experience the journey
no time at all
as it hurtles through the frozen universe
because the speed of light
which can be considered the rate of propagation of events
the rate at which the Universe Itself (tm)
carries information from place to place
the rate of recalculation
underpinning everything
but look at the light
watch it set off on a journey of a billion years
not fearing the reaper
or anything at all
light
born at the wall
at the edge of what is possible.
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