The Big Crunch
on Sheila Ash (India), 23/Feb/2015 06:31, 34 days ago
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When I was smallmy world was.Mum, dad and me.I explored the gardenand as it grewI did too.I ventured forthdown the lane exploringto the next village courtingSchool and unimeeting the new, the different, the unexpected. When I was smallI was besotted with spacea universe beckoningFrom“Thunderbirds are Go” and Marvel Comicsa girl’s own adventure storyfor real as Tereshkova circled my earth.Sci-fi became sci-factwith non stick Teflon pans in the kitchenwith televisions in every house, in every room, in every handminiaturised open access to all, for all. When I was smallmy world was.Now, the coin has flippedthe world wide womb,a net of timefast folding over me,shrinking my view,constraining my movements,the black hole weighs in on me“Beam me up Scottie”for today is a good day to….. Note:TheBig Crunchis the term used in cosmology for one possible ultimate fate scenario where/when the expansion of space reverses and the Universe re-collapses back on itself, ending in a Black Hole or another Big Bang beginning.It seems to me that life’s path is somewhat analogous to this, and if one believes in reincarnation or has a faith in the hereafter this moment of recycling is similarly comparable.© Sheila Ash, 23rdFebruary 2015ashramblings
