Amen

Elliptical wonder of space and time,

Spinning stars, nebulas sublime,

Dance macabre, dark matter specter,

Substrata presence to sweet nectar

Of photons to eyes,

Of sound waves to ears.

Birth, death of stars and simians,

Breath measured in years or eons,

Star dust, bone dust, shine down, gaze,

Souls lost, found, wander, graze,

In unwarranted beauty,

In states of ecstasy.

Proteins fire neurons at speed of light,

Selves, memories, dreams, will blight

As cartilage, bones, and tissues fail

Curbed spines, shrinking minds, so frail,

Await to close the lids,

Await their story's end.

First kiss, first lover, first epiphany,

Sacrament soul in polyphony,

Intimate as Oxygen within - without,

Grace to be gazing, aging, on this route,

Towards lands unknown,

Towards love unbound.

Pierced, despised, much maligned,

Worship, whisper, fully entwined,

Fire in the belly, fire in the equations,

Terrible in passion and in persuasions,

Towards faith,

Towards hope,

Towards love.

Amen.