Quantum Physics and Tai Chi
by Samuel De Lemos
Algorithms affect me, with
formulas and complexities, while
walking down Columbus Street,
In a early morning daze.
I join
the tai chi class.
Mimicking, I sway
watching
my hands cut the sky.
Crouching dragon with fluid
movement and with
mathematical precision,
I glide.
In a urine stained park.
Distant bells toll while
pigeons are feeding.
Feeling the movement of time,
Salty air and foghorns are
splitting through the morning breeze.
The multiple voices and sway of a City.
Captured in a moment of tranquility.
While slowly moving,
my mind tuned to
the quiet elegance
found in quantum physics.
As I turn,
like a Sufi mystic, to catch my breath
and take one more step
while moving in sync.
