My friend wrote this, and asked me to publish it, which I have gladly done. It is with great pleasure that I share this writing by the one and only Rarasaur!!

by Rarasaur

Stop and listen-for one second.

You just experienced 9,192,671,770 periods of oscillation of an undisturbed cesium atom.

There’s a real science-y explanation to what that means, but I prefer the sorta-science perspective.

Imagine the smallest thing your eyes can see and then think of something even smaller than the smallest fraction of it. So small, the eyes can’t see it. So small, a microscope can’t see it. So small, the Universe kept it a secret from us humans for aeons. We found it,

though, on one of our missions of boundless curiosity and we named it. We call it a cesium atom.

When it thinks no one is looking, that atom dances- quick oscillations, swift movements, swift movements. We watch quietly and keep tally of every twerk, boogie, and shimmy. On the 9 billionth, 192nd millionth, 671st thousand, 7 hundred and 70th movement- we mark our time. One second has passed.

So in a manner of speaking, there is dancing in the air- and that dancing vibrates the universe as we are experiencing it. Vibrations make music and se set our clock by this microcosm of melody, capturing a symphony in every second.

And if you are still enough, you can hear it.

So stop and listen.

One second.

Isn’t it beautiful?