
The Big Bang
In the beginning
nothing : no colour
no light no movement
no space just
boundless darkness
though even then
there was nowhere
for the darkness to be
There was no warmth
no cold no life
no kiss no love
nothing
just an aching emptiness
infinitely empty
even of emptiness
even of heartache
And then there was light
and with it came
art and the explosion of colour
throughout the cosmos
irremediable darkness
banished forever
quite simply put to death
by the act of creation
John Lyons