TWO BILLION YEARS LIGHT: The Loneliness, poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa

“On the small globe humans
they sleep they get up, work
sometimes wish to have companions on Mars.

The Martians on their small globe
I do not know what to do
(perhaps doze, get up a little, work a little?)
Sometimes wish to have companions on Earth.
This is absolutely safe.

Gravitation means
force of attraction of mutual loneliness.
The cosmos is deformed
then everyone will want to look for.

The universe is expanding more and more,
therefore all are uncertain.
The loneliness of two billion light years,
subconsciously I did a sneeze. “

(By Shuntaro Tanikawa)