As to the fate of the universe, <br />some who claim to know maintain <br />that it is expanding, not contracting, <br />and is simple to explain. <br /> <br />Two final phases, then eternity, <br />the Age of Degeneration, <br />then the Age of Photons, will thus ignite <br />a continuum of illumination. <br /> <br />In the penultimate phase, <br />things will disintegrate; <br />the fabric of matter will rip apart, <br />molecules will disseverate. <br /> <br />In the last phase, <br />In <br />the <br />last <br />phase, all that will remain, <br />are tiny flickers of light, <br />off and on, like fireflies, <br />electrifying the night. <br /> <br />If then all is to end in a twinkle, <br />and you and I dissolve into a blink, <br />then power up your neon sign <br />and greet me with a wink. <br /> <br />Something magnificent it will be: <br />twinkle, twinkle, near and far, <br />tiny dots like fireflies <br />captured in a boundless jar.<br /><br />Sonny Rainshine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/age-of-degeneration/
