Recycling

There is so much about our universe I don’t know So much I don’t know if I’m even capable of knowing One could even debate that the amount of knowledge I lack Is infinite Feeling something weighing On my consciousness I read about stars How they begin And how they end Did you know that the bigger the star, the shorter it’s life? Somehow that made sense to me When a large star forms It burns big and bright It uses its resources more quickly And runs out just as fast Then it explodes Pieces of it are flung into the surrounding space If a star is big enough When it dies It creates a black hole Apparently When a black hole is swallowing the things around it Not even light can avoid falling in Apparently A black hole is far heavier Than the star that created it Even though this cycle takes place so, so incredibly far away from me It feels so close and so familiar And what it really reminds me of Is the stars I’ve known Who shined so bright So bright that they didnt shine for long I’ve known many stars in my life Beautiful to know Heartbreaking to lose Always a privilege to witness Seeing just how far their light reaches Shining their rays on everyone And everything That crosses their path And when they go The ripples of tragedy can be felt far and wide Shrapnel striking anyone close by After the shockwave The space they once occupied Becomes a chasm Sucking in the light of those around them The gravity of this chasm Forces you to the ground And tries to coax you into falling in voluntarily But there is beauty in these phenomena For when black holes reach the end of their life They too, explode And the matter of everything they consumed Is scattered Creating an environment for a new star to form The matter that composes these stars is recycled into infinity And their makeup is never truly lost We witness their light time and time again The love we pour into them Is eventually poured back into us One day, my time here will come to an end My life force will have been used And I will have to leave those I love Just as those I have loved had left before But knowing that they will never be without me That I am here amongst the ether Shining down on them at all times This fact comforts me