I
Once you were within my reach.
Suddenly
you became a
g l i t
t e r
i n g
damselfly
Just wait, I thought,
I can change too.
Why did I have to turn into a frog?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
II
Consider the Paradoxical Frog,
so named because it is several times smaller
than its p h e n o m e n a l l y huge tadpole.
(But then, look at people,
whose achievements often fail to match
the promise they once showed.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
III
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Out of winter, spring,
out of spring, summer,
then autumn, winter,
and out of winter, spring,
always the same.
Out of the bud, growth,
out of the flower, seed,
out of death, life.
Entropy always increases.
May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016 at 12:03 PM UTC
I
Once you were within my reach.
Suddenly
you became a
g l i t
t e r
i n g
damselfly
Just wait, I thought,
I can change too.
Why did I have to turn into a frog?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
II
Consider the Paradoxical Frog,
so named because it is several times smaller
than its p h e n o m e n a l l y huge tadpole.
(But then, look at people,
whose achievements often fail to match
the promise they once showed.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
III
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Out of winter, spring,
out of spring, summer,
then autumn, winter,
and out of winter, spring,
always the same.
Out of the bud, growth,
out of the flower, seed,
out of death, life.
Entropy always increases.
The Paradoxical Frog does exist (look it up if you like). The tadpole is up to 25cm (10 inches) long, while the adult form is about a quarter of that, like a normal frog. And people ... do you really need any examples?
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