If we were to meet
on a cellular level,
amoeba to amoeba,
or 2 paramecia bumbling
into one another
in a drop of water
eyeless and earless,
mouthless and voiceless,
would we still recognize each other?
I think we would pause
for a moment, consider,
and then continue our minute,
microscopic lives
of engulfing, dividing,
and filtering.
Remember this, though,
precious one–
when lives are this small
one hour
can span infinity,
and we have had
the equivalent
of at least that much.
Susan Daniels Poetry 
Nicely said Susan
Thank you!
Spirit memories~ You’d enjoy the poetry of Orson F. Whitney~ I absolutely love this poem! Gratefully Deborah
Thank you Deborah!
Beautiful and strong!
“when lives are this small, one hour can span infinity”
spoke very forcefully to me.
Incidentally, I believe that recognition would take place – for otherwise how do voiceless, footless, eyeless, earless formless spirits whisper and share secrets?
Thank you–and your comment is so beautifully said, and must be true, because they do 🙂
Indeed one hour must be a long time to creatures as small as this.
Yes. Maybe even a lifetime.
ha this is fun….i wonder if two are destined, then if it would matter the form you know….and at that level a little time could mean much…i think that we stopped and paused would mean much…its the little touches that make life….
Yes! The little touches, those first moments of recognition…
oh i think you would recognize each other…no matter where and how you meet…there’s magic working in such moments..
I agree, Claudia!
I like the science weaving here (hey, I did the same thing too) ~ I like to believe we would still recognize each other ~
🙂 thanks–I love to mix science with poetry…it’s fun!
I think we would know each other, too, somehow.
But then you can met yourself many times for the first time – nice take on the prompt
good point & really cool–glad you liked!
Love can last for eternity from just the blink of an eye… beautiful poetry Susan.
Oh, gosh, thanks!
Love the imagination in this–and thinking in amoeba years–like dog years, only more so. After all, don’t we spend our own lives ‘engulfing, dividing, filtering…” Enjoyed this much.
Hedge–thank you! I really wanted to write from a different perspective 😉
I often feel like an amoeba…. 😉 Very wise poem Susan. 🙂
Thank you, Holly! I feel more like one of those hydrae myself. Remember them?
I would never have thought invoking amoebas could be so powerful or that a comparison with us could be apt. Very clever and interesting. Loved the ending.
Serena, thank you. I loved microbiology (in case you couldn’t tell!).
Very sweet poem! k.
K, thank you–glad you enjoyed.
I think we would pause
for a moment, consider,
and then continue our minute,
microscopic lives
That has been the case! We meet as strangers and we then leave as strangers to lead our own structured life in this modern world. Save for an odd relationship that might linger on, one is happy leading a microscopic life within our own domains! Deep thoughts here Susan!
Hank
Hank–thank you. I agree, totally–we trundle on in our respective drops of water, and then we have that moment. i never knew how much in common I had with an amoeba until I wrote this 😉
So heartwarming and glorious! Does my heart good to just know it exists.
Sherry–thank so much! Glad it said something to you!
Love the “marriage” of science and poetry.
Victoria–thanks–I think they go well together!
This is the second poem in a row to have me thinking of perspective. Perhaps we are mere amoebas to some grander life form.
Perhaps we are–interesting thought.
Our beginnings, our evolution, yet there are things unmeasurable in love and companionship….that we would always recognise our soulmates even if we were just cells! Or like lobsters – lobsters have a mate for life don’t they….
🙂 thanks, Stu–that is it exactly!
Original, funny and true!
thanks, Katy!
I think we would…most certainly. If we could be so lucky to lose these physical disguises that we use to shield and protect our true selves…okay…going deep now! Thought this wonderful!
Tash–thanking you so much! Spot on–that was the place I was writign from when I wrote this.
Nice — a little more than affinity is nice. Loved the biology — I look under a microscope offer and rarely think of how they view their brief moments! 🙂
Thanks, Sabio!
love this, from science to love… and of course, love is always the greater of the two!
Thanks, Kelly!
Very original, and creative. Liked a lot!
Thanks much!
Oh you are speaking the language of my heart, so affecting and marvelous!
Thank you, Anna!
A powerful reflection on time and love. Affecting and effective.
Oh, thank you, Dick!
Great thought that tiny things experience time differently ~ and so romantic that we might too … interesting poem Susan
Thanks, Polly!
Susan you have done it again even on a cellular level you love and attraction interesting and i love it
Christopher–Thanks so much! I so wanted to pursue another perspective, so chased the microscopic in this one. Glad you liked it!
i did and in my excitement did not write out my response properly should be you capture, and again wonderful
Thanks–I got the gist 😉
Really appreciate your input immensely!