04-27-2015, 02:13 AM
Supernova
Today, my navel outshines me,
for today, it is a dying star
huffing its last desperate breath.
The immense pressure of gravity's hands
ever-squeezing its fiery core
at last compounds its basic elements
into a heavy hole in time.
Its shell of gas and light erupts
into a splendid rainbow of dust,
of carbon and oxygen and iron and nitrogen,
of water and earth and wind and flame,
of all the material elements.
And this great cloud of stardust scatters
throughout the arms of the black cosmos,
beyond the world of my humble body,
beyond the womb of mother earth,
beyond the weirs on heaven and hell,
to continue their master's brilliant legacy
by filling the gaps of the puzzle of life.
I told you that burrito was a mistake!
Today, my navel outshines me,
for today, it is a dying star
huffing its last desperate breath.
The immense pressure of gravity's hands
ever-squeezing its fiery core
at last compounds its basic elements
into a heavy hole in time.
Its shell of gas and light erupts
into a splendid rainbow of dust,
of carbon and oxygen and iron and nitrogen,
of water and earth and wind and flame,
of all the material elements.
And this great cloud of stardust scatters
throughout the arms of the black cosmos,
beyond the world of my humble body,
beyond the womb of mother earth,
beyond the weirs on heaven and hell,
to continue their master's brilliant legacy
by filling the gaps of the puzzle of life.
I told you that burrito was a mistake!