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Entanglement
In physics
it happens between particles
some action inextricably entangles
their destinies
and so forever after
what happens to one
happens to the other
Quantum is weird
Spooky action happens at a distance
and something changes right here
There’s other evidence for destiny
In the double slit experiment
particles change their behavior
when observed
Just measuring their motion
changes it
The theory to explain this is wild:
If unmeasured, light travels along all possible paths
Reaches all possible locations
Contacts all possible recipients
But if we pin it down by measuring it, it’s forced to choose for us
one slit or the other
and all other doors close
When we measure its passage,
we are committing to one path
we cease to be able to access the others
(They can still exist in other timelines!)
It is our knowing alone that strips out the other paths
At its finest grain, our reality is a fabric of possibilities
So
Two beings who love each other so much
yet could dance on the head of a pin
have this ongoing forever possibility
of Entanglement
In all times
In all places
They find each other
over and over and
over again
Their love is Quantum and infinite
an impression on the universe
like gravitational waves
Light bends to follow the arc of the universe,
surfing the rise and fall of it
reaching every corner
Space is not flat or finite
It is something other,
and love rides on its crests
forever