Friday, January 6, 2012

3. Galaxies, Stars and Planets

Gas,
Dust,
Light,
Energy,
Matter,
Atoms,
Molecules,
Etcetera, etcetera,
Forever and ever amen.
Swirling around in blackness.
Growing together
Gaining mass.
Stars group together to become massive stellar octopi.
Black holes,
The eternal darkness
Set the octopi in motion
As they eat the stars.
Slowly spiraling through the cosmos
Super-massive stars ignite,
Burn out
Explode into novae and supernovae.
The remnant nebulae become wombs for new stars
Life begins anew.
They are the heavy element factories.
Expelling gas and dust around them,
Forming heavier objects.
Fragments of burning rock
Slowly coming together.
Birth and rebirth are part of the universe.
Out of destruction comes creation.
The fall of one star ignites new ones.
The old reforms to new.
Cycles continue over centuries and millennia.
Planets form,
Are destroyed.
The process is repeated.
Life,
Light,
Land
All come and go.
Repeating throughout the universe.
The divine laws of physics and quantum physics are set in place.
The stars have their job and they do it well.

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