"Atom in the Universe" by Richard P. Feynman
Channel: Gregor Mendel
Date: 28/12/2015

Reading a poem in Pacifica CA.  

...I stand at the seashore, alone, and start to think. 

There are the rushing waves, mountains of molecules 
Each stupidly minding its own business 
Trillions apart, yet forming white surf in unison 

Ages on ages, before any eyes could see 
Year after year, thunderously pounding the shore as now 
For whom, for what? 
On a dead planet, with no life to entertain 

Never at rest, tortured by energy 
Wasted prodigiously by the sun, poured into space 
A mite makes the sea roar 

Deep in the sea, all molecules repeat the patterns 
Of one another till complex new ones are formed 
They make others like themselves 
And a new dance starts 

Growing in size and complexity 
Living things, masses of atoms, DNA, protein 
Dancing a pattern ever more intricate 

Out of the cradle onto the dry land 
Here it is standing 
Atoms with consciousness, matter with curiosity 
Stands at the sea, wonders at wondering 

I, a universe of atoms 
An atom in the universe 

- Richard P. Feynman