When Time was born

I wonder did it know what it would see

As aeon after aeon spread their wings

And spiral-danced

Across the realm of space?

In agonies of ecstasy

The stars ignite

And showered down the elements of life

That fell as star dust through the void.

A quickening became a pulse of love

An essence from that space between the stars

Was carried on the solar winds

And given form.

As perfect gravity and atmosphere combined

In a fragile, precious mote in time

Exquisite chemistries unite

To form the double helix as the way

The Universe began to know itself.

And Time bears witness to it all

Has seen the species rise and fall

Each one a note unique

In the music of the spheres.

Expanding ever-outwards

The cosmos rushes on

With galaxies and nebulae in tow

Toward that far horizon

Where perhaps there is an end,

Or perhaps a new beginning

As the cycle starts again.

Our dreams are woven in this place

Our atoms spun from outer space

We journey on and light the way

Like comets in the night,

A fleeting blaze of glory

As we grow, evolve and learn of love

And when we need to rest

We’ll leave behind our star-dust suit

And to the stars return.

© Jeannie Lawson, May 2021