-How the cosmos came to be-

Something was missing from within the nothingness.

Carbon?

Older.

Hydrogen?

No. Older

As when the lonely gods

Opened their eyes for the first time

And chemical elements stiffened their backs.

This began to make sense.

Metal of sky is not made-up.

Water of sky is not handmade.

But–– whatever there was to be had, showed-up
Populating the nothingness.
This, too, began to make sense.

Then, the objects dwelling inside the burning space
With a chance at living beyond themselves,
Drifted from the nothing else with no returning.

The gods, noticing this, began to dance on their feet for the first time

And spinning their skirts, unwittingly began fill the sails of the stars.



Inspired by Kenneth Patchen's "How God Was Made"