Shamayim

The bed-rock on which the tread of the universe gains traction;
The kiln which fired up the Dirac field;
The loom whose threads run through the wings of a fly;
The courtroom where truth prevails.

The garden in which the universe bloomed;
Mathematical needle-point exploding into everywhere and when;
The fidelity of the natural world;
The fidelity to the natural world.

Helices of massive spheres in motion;
The endless seeking, seeking of the ant;
The end of pain which otherwise has no end;
The place where, if you knock, they must take you in.

A simple family meal;
Passing the butter;
Grace;
Laughter.


Copyright Credit: Andrew Steane, "Shamayim" from Science and Humanity. Copyright © 2021 by Andrew Steane. Reprinted with the permission of Oxford University Press