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Cosmic Death II

In the final moments of the cosmic rapture,
when the armada of flames subsided,
there stood the last defiance against Father Time.

A treacherous sea, beautiful and terrible as the dawn.
No solid surface, a ghost of the cosmos.
Internal pressure, yielding storms of diamonds.

A cold-hearted sentinel.
Restless, yet stubborn.

No sister planets,
no neighboring galaxies.
Only cruel immortality.

So, you have chosen to endure.
This eternal silence, this tomb of stardust and ash.
You shall suffer in silence.

What glorious purpose awaits you, O’ Neptune?
Insolent child, how dare you defy fate.
You should’ve let yourself fall quietly asleep.

Yet, in this forever blackness,
what poor, pitiful orbit do you take—
to justify this act of providence?
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