Night Sky

staring into the night sky I feel consumed
every light-year speeds past me
at atomic levels my body vibrates
holding me together
as I fight to fall apart
the gravitational forces
pressing me to earth
crushing everything, yet nothing
as I am consumed in the stars
wishing to see their birth
in the great explosion
and their death as they
collapse in on themselves
as I do, staring up
into the inky sky
I see the unexplored and
terrifying unknowns
darker and lighter than
even we can imagine
it is mind
boggling
consuming
in
every
way