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# Poem: Does life really have a purpose?
- URL: https://jatan.space/the-purpose-of-life/
- Published: 2021-06-26T11:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-16T08:52:56.000Z
- Author: Jatan Mehta
- Tags: Verses

*Space is vast, near-infinite and empty,* 
*but only so much of it can we see*

*Stuck in a direction of time are we,* 
*and yet we claim how we came to be*

*Welcome to space-time’s infinite array,* 
*where everything lies farther and farther away*

*Magnificent galaxies may be big and bright,* 
*but their separation speaks stronger than their light*

*Even the stars are not as close as it seems,* 
*mere little dots that hold distant dreams*

*Yet even those dots can be the most violent of all,* 
*massive supernovae and gamma ray bursts leading their fall*

*This is a Universe where the stars are born to die,* 
*some form black holes and to space-time they can lie*

*Even the smaller stars are hostile in time,* 
*as are their planets that were once benign*

*Space is cold, and time unforgiving,* 
*space is harsh, and with time it defies living*

*What is then the purpose of life?* 
*Or are we just a roll of a dice?*

*Life is purposeless and meaningless,* 
*for every sentient species is ultimately alone* 
*in the vast space-time emptiness.*

![An illustrated picture of an exoplanet with the following caption: Is there anybody out there?](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2ffcf56c2d-3ef3-41d3-8dc4-a087f7fd6410_2300x1320-jpeg.jpg)

[Image: NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/wolf-1061-c/)

**Poem notes:** The last bit about the lack of time for two species to communicate is a reference to the [Fermi Paradox](https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html).

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*Part of* [***Seven uni-verses***](https://jatan.space/seven-uni-verses-poetry/)*, my globally published poetry pamphlet.*

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