if something or someone in space ever actually got a real message out there to us as humans, what would make us feel
More alone than ever?
In a series of algorithmic coded garbles, the message chills the scientists trying to understand it:
“You are utterly alone. There is nothing outside of earth. What you hear is nothing but an echo. It’s you missing something you’ll never find. It’s more invisible than anything you’ll see on a microscope. By looking for others in space like yourself, you’ve made humans more lost than ever.”
the haiku the terrified scientist wrote then promptly threw away:
The echo in space
Is worse than a silent scream
Ghosts searching for ghosts.
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Comments (4)
There's just too many things that are uncertain and we might never ever find out. Loved this, Merly!
Wow, a great poem, thankyou for sharing xx
Now I wonder if there is ghost in space. I figured it would be, too boring for them
Ooo I like this, meta