I was flipping through one of my files today when I chanced upon a poem which I wrote for a class assignment in sec 4.
Title: The Beginnings of Life
Date composed: 29/07/2003
Created from nothing,
Yet it contained everything.
One big bang started it all,
Quarks, atoms and all.
The superforce split into four forces,
And photons became free.
Matter triumphed over antimatter,
Baryonic life became possible.
Stars formed and illuminated the Stygian void,
Along with them came galaxies and planets.
Life there was,
At least on one planet - Earth
Evolution occured,
And gave rise to intelligence.
Why are we here?
Are we alone?
Questions left unanwered.
Copyright © Ong Wei Guang (Note: Please seek my permission before replicating any part of my poems elsewhere)
Reading the poem refuelled my interest in writing poems after 4 years and I suddenly got an impulse and inspiration to write another one today.
Title: Time
Date composed: 31/05/2007
It can flow quickly like a river,
But it can also inch like a glacier.
Our percpetion of time is relative,
For that is part of our reality.
Intricately entwined with space,
Relativity comes into play.
The faster you move through space,
The slower it will be for time's pace.
Just as flowers bloom but do not unbloom,
Water spills but do not unspill,
Glass shatters but do not unshatter,
The arrow of time will always fly in one direction.
Such is the irreversible nature of time.
Stretching into infinity,
Every moment etched in eternity.
Cherish it we must,
For every second passed,
Will forever be the past.
Copyright © Ong Wei Guang
Both poems are about science, space and the way we percieve reality. Though I am not an arts student, I also enjoy reading and writing poems, for poetry is a tool which helps me to express my thoughts. Hope you like my poems and I hope you will also be able to again deeper insights about the world we live in after reading them. Feel free to give me feedback about my poems.
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