Never As Empty As It Appears

All I see is darkness, an absence of visible light
But as I sit in this cold, empty place, I examine it
 
Even here, there is thermal radiation
That pervades all space and time
There is dark matter passing through
Gravitational waves from distant collisions
Neutrinos moving to and fro
Particle pairs flickering in and out
 
Even in this perfect vacuum, it is not empty
It bursts with energy; the space has structure
This deepest darkness is saturated with life
 
Visually, I glimpse the dark
But the nothingness does not exist as I observe it
This dark place is never as empty as it appears
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