an unrehearsed universe

Atoms Collide

smashing atoms together
at lightning speeds

turning something into
something else

a man-made machine
seeking
to lay bare the stars

an unparalleled attempt
to solve
the fundamental mysteries
of the universe

like

how to make something
out of nothing

various real or imaginary
forces

countless other
quantum questions

will we one day discover
that envy is the missing matter
that lust dances with gravitons
that

the problem of symmetry
is merely you
looking at my world

reflected through
the upside-down prism
of someone else’s eyes?