by Jim Gustafson
“What if I believe into this just because it is beautiful?” --Andrei Dmitriyevich Linde upon being told that his theory of the “inflationary universe” (The Big Bang) has been confirmed. March 17, 2014
What if we believe
into this just because
it is beautiful?
Is that enough, or was
there more for us
to hope for.
Not many can place their life
in just one thing. Perhaps
science is poetry, after all.
One day, will our words
be measured at the earth’s pole?
Will come to the door
and say, what you have
believed into
has been proven true?
Jim Gustafson’s most recent book, Driving Home, was published by Aldrich Press in 2013 and is a 2013 Pushcart Prize Nominee. He is an MFA candidate at the University of Tampa, teaches at Florida Gulf Coast University and lives in Fort Myers, Florida, where he reads, writes, and pulls weeds.