I - part of an ancient star, primal atom of dust <br />Swirling clouds of gases unseen, creator of this living crust <br />Spinning protons, electrons, neutrons - from cell to galactic whirl <br />From new-born stars to black holes in unending, infinite swirl. <br />A universe in each is found, all bound by the connecting link: <br />Ancient star dust, unseen gases - in, out - in a wink. <br />The death of the old is life for the new - an ever non-ending beginning <br />The message the Cosmos carries whispers 5 billion years in sending... <br />I - part of an ancient star, 5 billion years in evolution <br />In ice-bound rock and burning flesh find: the permanent revolution.<br /><br />Eugene H. Craig<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-carl-sagan/
