Center of the Universe #space #physics #cosmology #science #ego #poem #poetry

Who’s the center of the Universe?

You’ve heard that space is expanding,

You’ve heard that science is sure

That galaxies fly from galaxies

For as long as time endures.

But if space-time is expanding,

Just what’s it expanding into?

What’s beyond the edge of

The universe that we view?

Just more and more that we’ll never see,

Each frame of reference is valid.

Each star’s at the center of everything

Regardless of how much is added.

So I might be forgiven for saying

That I stand in a special place,

That I am the center of everything,

Of energy, matter, and space.

By Kate Rauner

Thanks to space.com for the question, and for giving me an excuse to believe I’m more important that you are! My poem reminds me of Dr Suess’s Yertle the Turtle