One of my favourite things about Hubski when I first joined were lil's writing prompts. They're less common nowadays, so I'm going to start posting some more.
Today's prompt comes from a qoute lil included with a fascinating link to a video about the Milky Way's position in the universe.
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"Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance."
- Fontenelle, 1686
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In what ways do you experience insignificance?
rd95 wrote, "In the scope of the universe, we are mere atoms, but in the scope of our own lives, we are titanic."
In the scope of the universe we are mere atoms
insignificant
In the face of beauty we are mere onlookers
stupified, eyes wide
In the presence of genius we are mere midwives (if we are lucky)
delivering what they conceive
In the shipyards of myself I am Titanic moving
headlong into a glacier
sinking insignificant.