Cosmology

Stars in the crucible
       of endless space
the forge of our souls
       our image and likeness
the realities
       of which we dream
fashioned from distant
       yet homely energies
earth time
       space time
all so disparate
       and yet so cohesive

Tenderness
       from the fiery furnace
the capacity to love
       latent in every atom
that reaches out
       for another
living communities
       of the palpitating heart
held warmly
       in the mind

John Lyons