Every now and then...
When the black hole
In the center of a galaxy
Swallows a really big sun,
Its soul leaps out
Upon its death
--Quasar pulse --
the most powerful force
In the universe
Every day somewhere
It happens...
A ray of energy so dense
Photons are shed like steam
And heavy metals instantly transformed
Into molten waves of death
Traveling through the void of space
Like torpedos
Of unimaginable explosive power
Incinerating everything in their path…
Its happening...
Space lightning --
You never hear the thunder
Everything ends
At the same instant,
Everywhere,
Within a band of space,
Light years long
And light years wide,
Everything gone dead,
Lights out in a patch of sky
-- It can happen
somewhere someone in the dead of night
dreams of God and is no more
another across the globe
remembers a phrase
and is suddenly gone
two eyes meet
and then darkness...
All that ever was
Will never be known
With no one to remember
No one to tell
The dream has ended
Time to wake up
