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Quantum Immortality

An Exploration of Meaning

By Bradley RamseyPublished about a month ago 1 min read
Image: Ubaid E. Alyafizi via Unsplash+

Quantum Immortality is a theoretical concept that suggests we never experience death. Instead, every time our lives end, we jump to another universe. Another timeline where we’re still alive.

This poem is inspired by that concept. Audio + headphones recommended. Click play on the video below to hear my narration of the piece.

Mine is a story without end.

Each death, a new beginning. 

Falling once more into the river of time

Punishment for some long-forgotten crime. 

A war of attrition. 

A battle unending.

Different faces.

Different places. 

Turn the page.

Time marches forward.

Sometimes love, sometimes pain

Everything to lose, and nothing to gain. 

I seek meaning

In a meaningless loop. 

Few memories to call my own

I go where the cosmic wind has blown. 

Your face is one of the few.

I don’t recall your name. 

But every time I open my eyes,

I seek your truth among the lies. 

You are my reason 

to survive again and again. 

To wake up in a new way

And fight just to survive the day. 

My one constant.

My true north across time. 

In vast seas of infinity 

You are my divinity. 

Tell me, am I destined 

To never know rest? 

To experience quantum immortality

Our soul’s one true commonality. 

Because my experience is not unique. 

None I meet will know death. 

Their stories will start anew

I hope their memories fade like morning dew. 

No one should be forced to remember

a journey without end. 

Because without an ending to call our own

Our stories remain unknown. 

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Bradley Ramsey

Lover of dogs, gaming, and long walks on the beach. Content Marketing Manager by day, aspiring writer by night. Alone, we cannot change the world, but we can create better ones.

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    Written by Bradley Ramsey