RIPPLES

 

            “are you not worried

            about how much of yourself is exposed

            through your poetry?”  

 

            not at all

            I am protected from others

            as they are from me

 

            “I don’t understand”

 

            ah well then

            perhaps a little background is in order…

 

            as much as we are physical entities

            made up of matter

            so too are we comprised of energy

 

            and as Einstein pointed out

            energy can neither be created or destroyed

            only passed from one form to another

           

            although many of us don’t realize it

            we are constantly turning matter into energy

            energy into matter

            a cycle that extends into infinity - space and time

            the very infinity from which we all come

 

            when I write a poem

            through my physical self…matter

            I am taking energy and using it

            to describe something that exists in my mind

            only as energy

            a person - place - thing - event

            that once existed or took place

            may still exist - be taking place

            or could one day exist in the physical world

            and through the use of that energy

            returning it to the physical world

            in the form of text on a computer screen

            or piece of paper

 

            the process can also be applied to abstract things

            such as emotions and philosophy

 

                the Jedi religion refers to it as The Force

            a field of energy that both surrounds

            and moves through us

            as it does all things

            mineral - plant - animal

            in all universes - dimensions

 

            it guides our actions

            but also obeys our commands

            and through its very nature

            tells us if something is positive or negative

            right or wrong…

 

            I call it the ripple effect

 

            so to answer your question fully

            if we do something positive

            it causes ripples in the energy field

            and when aimed at either ourselves or others

            is both absorbed then reflected off them

            comes back to us

 

            if we do something negative

            the same thing

 

            “ah, what goes around comes around”

 

            precisely

            but some precaution

            under the influence of space and time

            especially when reflected off others

            energy never returns in exactly the same form

                © 2000  Chris Sorrenti