Through the great stretch of time from atoms to life;
Measurements made for the control,
For the bringing about of required order.
Each elementary particle given assembly,
Given shape, given meaning.
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As time washes up against some unknown shore.
All within the strata of boundless space.
Elements take on the sequences and patterns of atomic structures.
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Matter being formed in so many ways.
Beyond the substance and material of it all,
Running through never-ending dimensions,
Atoms colliding and massing,
Twirling in their appointed designs.
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Such things invisibly coming together.
A regimentation of electrons,
Both lost and found,
Bonding and moving away,
Attaching and letting loose,
Each to either clasp or repel.
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What detours did these atoms take,
From the sub-atomic, building through to the cosmos,
Moving as they did, towards life?
