Last of the First Elements

Last Of The First Elements (H) Hydrogen is sweet and gentle by design A nucleus with an electric and positive charge Found everywhere in nature at large It lives an ordinary life in time and space On the periodic table, it simply waits As #1 in line to start, begins the chart, for other elements Very stable, not too many threats come from hydrogen (Uuo) Ununoctium on the other hand, is one of the latest Of the most recent discoveries as #118 on the table The last element is #103 "Lawrencium (we'll save that for another day.) (It's on a lower chart) These elements are as unstable as a fable Precarious things, to say the least, on the chemistry table Only existing for some milliseconds at a time Since Ununoctium was created, not pure or found in nature Perhaps it’s time to start A new life for itself as #1 on a new elemental chart Of invented elements Born in a nuclear reactor from calcium ions and radioactive californium A most unstable baby from birth It lives to the ripe old age of 0.89 milliseconds But what a wonderful life it leads Don’t ask it on a date Or say anything about its atomic weight Too much drama there…. There it is!....There it isn’t…. Unpredictable It looks a little like this when naked on the shell 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 6d10 7s2 7p6 It is simply divinely designed with a lovely configuration Not exactly a split atom, or personality with a disposition Being here or there To be precise, it is something rather nice… when in existence Created on 12/03/14 for -Periodic Table of Elements – Poetry Contest