Who am I?

I followed the river to the sea

Discovered and accepted the chaos, the immeasurable complexity of my waters

Seen the twinkling of light reflected from oceans galaxies afar

WOW! We're so different, you, and I

You, the former and future me's, and you, the others

And yet, somehow, all so similar

Parallel universes are often the talk of science fiction, but could they be a reality?

The "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that every possible outcome of a quantum event occurs, each in its own separate universe, with its own unique observer

Quantum multiverse theory follows from this and speculates

That, with every decision we make, every decision is in fact made, each branching into its own universe

Could it be that there are an infinite number of each of us, each making one different decision?

Infinite multitudes of being, endlessly splintering, shimmering like diamonds into every possible direction

Who am I now?

Who am I... now?

Who will I be?

The Butterfly Effect, a concept in Chaos Theory, posits that even the most minute changes to a complex system can have huge effects

How different would each universe be?

With our current scientific understanding, there is little we can do to test these theories

Other branches of our universe would—by nature—be inaccessible to us, in ours

But it might cause one to pause and reflect, on all the possibilities

Everything that we are, and everything that we might become

Who knows what the future holds?

The beauty is in the uncertainty

Where will I go next?

YOU LISTEN.

The wilderness of the unknown

The fire, the frenzy, the panic

The pursuit of knowledge (a most certainly noble one)

The ecstasy of discovery (if you can find it)

The emptiness (when you don't)

But through it all, the endless magnificence

The constant that binds it together

Is the journey

And so I flow forwards, forever

Like the river to the sea