Saturday, December 05, 2009
This Bead of Light (poem)
This Bead of Light
There could, I suppose,
have been nothing.
Only void and darkness,
and possibly
not even that.
Just extension
into an infinity
of space
that enclosed
emptiness.
Instead
there was this explosion.
This bead of light
that suddenly
flew forth
in all directions,
dispersing,
congealing,
becoming
a billion universes,
of which
ours is one,
the place
we found each other,
met and said goodbye,
made and broke
our promises,
wept
and came together again.
Dorothy Walters
December 4, 2008
(Image from Hubble site--galactic center)
