Relativity Explained
Listen to Piu DasGupta reading her poem
Clocks are stupid with their hands
snipping time in equal strands.
It’s not too tricky to explain
to anyone with half a brain
that time depends on where you stand.
If I’m in the classroom, say
a minute feels like half a day.
But if I’m hanging out with friends
an hour rushes to an end
with hardly any time to play.
If I watch a plane whiz past
it seems to flash by really fast -
but if I’m sitting in the plane
it’s motionless, though in my brain
I know it’s racing like a blast.
A super-clever guy, Einstein,
figured out this trick of time
and wrote it down - I can’t recall
the detailed ins and outs, but all
I know is, time is not a line,
time’s a squishy, spongy ball.
Clocks are stupid, with their hands….
snipping time in equal strands.
It’s not too tricky to explain
to anyone with half a brain
that time depends on where you stand.
If I’m in the classroom, say
a minute feels like half a day.
But if I’m hanging out with friends
an hour rushes to an end
with hardly any time to play.
If I watch a plane whiz past
it seems to flash by really fast -
but if I’m sitting in the plane
it’s motionless, though in my brain
I know it’s racing like a blast.
A super-clever guy, Einstein,
figured out this trick of time
and wrote it down - I can’t recall
the detailed ins and outs, but all
I know is, time is not a line,
time’s a squishy, spongy ball.
Clocks are stupid, with their hands….
This poem is copyright (©) Piu DasGupta 2023
About the Writer
Piu DasGupta
Piu is a British/Indian/French writer living in Paris, France. She has written and published adult books and is currently working on a children's novel. She writes both adult and children's poetry and her children's poetry has been published in magazines such as The Caterpillar and Northern Gravy.
