we are floating in dust & gas
we catch burst of light
as well as the tail blue-violet of darkness
there is an awakening
we are shapeless yet shaped
by forces unseen, more powerful than ocean's
turbulent waves & scorching as
volcanic eruptions
a daffodil blooms
a nursery of beginnings of space &
matter. over time, where do we cast
ourselves listening to the waves
of energy & light
budding leaves of tulips rises
around us, clusters of stars & dark matter
colliding, collapsing, pulling & pushing as if
following the blue print of Master Hands
digging the soil, soft as rain
the black hole divides
us, the sun completes our divinity
though we are mere specks, wrapped
in the continuum of light
a season of firsts, spring
Photo by John McKaveney: The Orion Nebula. “This is an active star forming region about 1400 light years away, of condensing gas and dust, illuminated by newly forming stars. Our solar system formed in a region much like this about 5 billion years ago. The photons that were observed when this picture was taken, left the nebula in 624 AD. At that time, Mohamed had just won the Battle of Badr, in Saudi Arabia, the classical period in Europe was ending and the middle ages beginning, the Mayas were just beginning to build their largest pyramids, and Europeans had not yet set foot in North America. Throughout this entire time, those photons of light were traveling through space to be captured to form this photograph, where their journey finally ended.”
Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Stepping Out of this World, hosted by Lillian. Join us when the pub doors open at 3pm. Thanks for the visits and comments.
