Gazing up from earth
On a chilly autumn night
Lights appear
Numerous and twinkling
A picture of worlds far above
But that is only the beginning
Search farther
Past the sky
And the moon
And the visible shining stars
Focus on a tiny patch of darkness
Hardly visible among so many shimmering lights
Look farther
Farther
Farther
Farther
On into the black
The black that will give way to light
So many lights
Gatherings of color
Shades of red
And blue
And orange
Clouds of dust so large a mind can scarcely comprehend
Galaxies so enormous that our world is but a speck of dust in comparison
Planets colliding
Stars exploding
Energy being sucked into nothingness
All of this goes on
In a tiny patch of darkness
That the eye can hardly see
We are only a speck
In the awesome might of the universe