Grain of Sand

Inconsequential grain of sand
No less a star upon the strand
Than nebulae,
in the Heavens grand

Tossed about by waves and tides
No different than a comets ride
Small in scale, yet traveled well
Smoothed and formed on every side

By Heavens hand and Neptune’s whim
And doomed to salty universe to swim
Polished bright as nova’s light
This grain of sand…once dim

Tiny grains of polished sand
Jupiter worlds of size so grand
Both afloat in worlds remote
Both formed by cosmic hand

Alien worlds, stardust keeps
Briny climes, darkest deeps
Both the same…just different names
Of stone that neither dreams nor sleeps

But roam about their different worlds
Bejeweled with stars and milky pearls
One in skies and Heavens grand
The other in tidal pools and swirls

But each of import, no more or less
Grander Than…
an inconsequential
…Grain of sand…

Rhyme

I always admire your ability to rhyme.
Lovely poem.
raskin

Thanks Raz...

David o Whalen
but I'm sure also
you've come to know
that oftimes
my rhyme's a crime!

simply stunning

This is a gem. Well thought out and crafted. You keep to the theme perfectly.
Fellow poets can learn from this.

Thanks Paul...

David o Whalen I think this one's so stunning that readers passed it by, shunning the possibility of being stunned! I'm glad you at least, found it readable and liked it a bit. Appreciate ya' Paul. Thanks for commenting and encouraging me.

did you know that if you

did you know that if you could subtract the distance between every subatomic particle the entire universe in theory would fit in a space no larger than a common pea ?

ahh..lifes mysteries
great one

Yes but....

David o Whalen would it fit in a space of an "uncommon" pea?

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