Poem: ‘E = mc²’ | Scientific American
I have no faith, but I believe
in mass-energy equivalence
I light his candle
say your prayer
lean my head against its Western wall
because there is something sacred
about an equation
his insistence on fairness
on symmetry
on an equal distribution
so when I think about the afterlife
when my mind is divided
of its shape
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It comforts me to think:
if the constant is not me
it’s at least the square
of the speed of light
that all parts are taken into account
and when I forget who I am
and when I forget you
and you forget me
when the currents of our body stop
when the oceans rest in their beds
and the high winds give way to calm
so let’s believe
the product of our lives
is greater than the sum of us
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