At First

[R.J.]

At first
there were stars
and planets
and moons
and galaxies beyond,
and the universe was spectacular—
it was home.
But floating in space
with nothing to grasp,
all the stars,
all the moons,
and comets—
everything!
—were all within sight
but vastly out of reach.
And the universe grew colder
and colder,
moment by moment.

[Camy]

Entropy is a bitch.