ATOM stretch into another end.
His sorrow reaped joy—the fruit of
By: Sem. Paul Vincent D. Rubio
There was once an atom, the only atom in space and in time,
in fact he himself is space and time. “I am so lonely. I have no
friends, no family, and no company,” he said. “I could not bear the
sadness,” he thought. He cried and cried always, that is, once and for
all, since he carried with him the only time. He wanted to move and
be free but could not since he already occupied the only space there
is. He lived then, lives now, and will live tomorrow; he lives always,
at least temporally. Although he has eternity, he is always there,
alone and sad. “Something is inside me that wants to come out. I
could not contain it any longer,” he said, ready to weep at any
moment. He could not stand living alone there forever. He cried and
wept. He exploded and burst in tears. His tears bore universes,
galaxies, star systems, planetary systems, planets, objects—
inanimate and animate.
Atom’s tears bore Harmony and Diversity, but the
consequence of this is the multitude of space and time. But Atom
still unites everything since he is everywhere. He, who once was
monotonous and alone, bore two daughters out of his weeping,
which caused him joy. His tears are scattered in the vast expanse of
the explosion that continues to stretch—the end that continues to
Harmony and Diversity. “I am so happy. My life has become
beautiful,” Atom said. “There is no good in living alone and
monotonously. It is best to live diversely and harmoniously. What a
beautiful life to live like that of the latter,” he thought. But, in spite
of this, he has never reached his daughters; they were always in
conflict. “You always want to unite us. We want to be free, in
harmony and in diversity,” Harmony and Diversity said. “But I do
not intend to unite all things. It is by me and through me that you are
in harmony and in diversity. I died for you so that you may be born,”
Atom said worriedly. “If we touch, we would only go back in you,
back to where we came from. And for you, you will return to your
original self, sad, alone, and monotonous. I think it is better we part
ways,” his daughters said. Atom was sad, but he understood. He
decided to live away from his daughters but still, he continued to
subsist in order for them to thrive.
The universe continues to operate harmoniously in diversity,
having Atom as its principle. “My only role in this universe is to
support my daughters. Without me, everything would crumble.
Without them, I would not be happy. What a dilemma,” he said and
smirked. Atom is happy but he continues to weep. He is weeping
tears of joy, that’s why the universe continues to stretch up to
eternity.