The Meaning of Eternity

Music: The Fall.
By Peter Rudenko. Performed by Peter Rudenko at the Free Music Archive
under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Subscribe to this site on Substack

Subscribe to this site on YouTube

Subscribe to this site on Medium

Follow this site on Facebook

Follow this site on Instagram

Hear me read
the poem as
an MP3 file.

Watch me read
the poem as
a YouTube video.

Alpha List

Philosophical
Poems

About This
Site

Poems for
Free

Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon

Most people think of eternity as a very, very, very, very, very long time.
Which, of course, it's not.
Eternity, being outside of time, is neither short nor long.
It just is.
The isness of every instant.
The isness of every grain of sand. Something that is eternal never changes.
For example, a truth.
For example, a mathematical equation.
For example, a moment that is over.
For example, a character in a play.
For example, a loved one who has died.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

[about this site] [poems for free] [poem of the week]
[site policy] [about me] [links]