The afterglow of a dying supernova - <br />A flash in slo-mo <br />Blasts across the southern sky <br />Silhouetting dark stuff <br />Illuminating clouds of gas and dust <br />A twenty year movie <br />from another place In spacetime <br />To here and now <br /> <br />And secrets packaged in light <br />Fall upon my eyes <br /> <br />The ancients marked these things <br />They made lore <br />And mapped the stars <br />And built their tombs of stone <br />With light straight shafts <br />Their spirit paths <br />Pointed at their god place <br />Not noticing the microscopic change - <br />That time would spoil their aim <br /> <br />Not that I care <br />That they were unaware <br />Does it matter? <br />If they came back today <br />Apprised of their mistake <br />Would they tear their hair <br />In anguish at their folly <br />Or simply say <br />It served its purpose <br />The secret still is safe<br /><br />David S Dennis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/84-secrets-packaged-in-light/
