Thursday, January 17, 2013

classical mechanics


We live and die like a car crash
Violently fighting to keep this vehicle in motion
As inertia brings our journey to an end
We quickly scramble to buckle up in time
But the action is in motion and will not rest
Ejected from seats, feed to worms, feed to birds in a nest

This is our first law of motion
We move till we cease to be
The force it lives in you and me

The momentum was too great to slow in time
Mass only carried us further along
Velocity pushed us far beyond the finish line
Endless endeavor to preserve our present state
But ours are not the only bodies in motion
And the resistance never takes a break

This is our first law of motion
We move till we cease to be
The force it lives in you and me

If only Aristotle had it right
Without an external motive power we can rest
But the absence only wakes the heart inside the hollow chest
Loneliness renews impetus to replace the taste of longing lips
An equal action to forget the accident
That spun us off this narrow cliff

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