Smooth as Silk
The new state that connects to the source
The warm water of a sacred wellspring wraps around me.
It is smooth as a baby's skin.
Delicately covering me, I become a whole new state of matter.
I enter into a new phase
where atoms and molecules reconfigure with a new total energy,
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At higher temperatures, water is in the gas state, disorganized but free.
At lower temperature water is an ordered liquid,
cohesive and adhering to itself and adsorbing to surfaces,
As the temperature drops, water forms a distinctly unique solid.
Polarities between the power of passive energy and matter are reduced.
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I enter into a more complex relationship with water.
Liquid crystals, formed by complex organic molecules,
flow like liquids but still have a solid-like crystalline structure.
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Kinks form as surface tensions change.
My soul can measure changes in how light travels.
I see with new eyes that have altered refractive indices.
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I am at the tip of an arrow, speeding through time
I am a space cowboy.
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My body is powered by each breath.
Oxygen ignites the hydrogen in my metal carbon core.
Non-metal hydrogen carries the memory of hysteresis
held in my iron based blood.
My plastic material self changes.
My soul's breath directs my body,
that is passively pulled as a rocket
along diffusion gradients that power all energy transitions.
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Hydrogen, the source of all matter, holds mysteries.
I feel Hydrogen transform energy to matter and back again.
I undergo transitions within the universe.
I am part of the smooth flow.
About the Creator
Katherine D. Graham
My stories are intended to teach facts, supported by science as we know it. Science often reflects myths. Both can help survival in an ever-changing world.
Comments (2)
Now that was absolutely smooth! This was my favourite line, "My soul can measure changes in how light travels." Loved your poem!
loved reading it