That Supernova
seen in Australia last month
Not a terrible beauty waiting to be born
But slouches towards Bethlehem
in death.
How will our Sol's death look
to the great cosmos
stars and planets whirling around
-our sun transformed into a white dwarf
magnificent shells crushed by nothingness
In 4.5 billion years from now
who or what will see our death?
Will we rise like a Phoenix in a distant sky
announcing to some planet
that we have died?
Is this the way the world ends?
Not by fire
Not by ice
Not with a bang
But a whimper?
5 comments:
i like it -- and thanks for the mention/dedication
No worries, thanks for the inspiration!
Like this.
WRT writing ~ Charlotte Bronte wrote/said "I write because I cannot help it." Perhaps, also, we write because it isn't there.
I always enjoyed W.B.Yeats' poetry. Thanks for sharing some excerpts from him.
Thanks Syd, you can tell who inspired me when I wrote this poem. I love Yeats too.
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