LJ Idol Exhibit A Topic 4 - Ultra Deep Field

I am not the smartest person in the room
high school physics baffled me and sometimes
I still confuse astronomy and astrology

he explains to me that the ultra deep field
		is amazing
that specks of dark in the night sky 
hold galaxies upon galaxies so large
		yet so small to us

I am not the smartest person in the room
but I believe in the power of questions and Wikipedia
      I believe in the physics major by my side
	                 	and the power of poetry
			to put science into beauty
			and beauty into science

I’ve a newfound respect for the Hubble telescope
it has transformed from simple science to sheer beauty
to something that creates images i want to hang over my bed
	stare at, meditate under, breathe in the beauty

A newfound respect for the beauty of the universe 
hidden in the dark, in the deep
drawing conclusions about the beauty of people
					       of humanity

-cdr

This poem was written for LJ Idol: Exhibit A, Topic 4. http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/620811.html