On the Edge of Forever
Words of uncertainty apply.
Probably, and maybe perhaps,
as proportions with numbers
inconceivable and unimaginable,
describe vastness where nearby,
local galaxies, about fifty-one,
are or were within a mere
three megaparsecs. So close.
Suicidal giants like Tadpole, Black Eye,
Sunflower, and Cigar. Our nearest
neighbor, Andromeda, plans to crash
our party in four or five billion years.
Like the cosmos,
this Milky Way is mostly nothing,
toying with conversions of
angular momentum, universal
collisions of astronomy’s galactic
darlings. The realm of nebulae,
halfway to the edge of the known
universe, whatever that is.
Look both ways to search for a “small, quaint, tidy universe.”
But science “never ends.”
Mind the gaps for a “single ultimate truth.”
(Quotes from Cosmos by Carl Sagan)
Our Literary Journey 
Mostly nothing, indeed. Nice job.
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The idea of two galaxies “smashing” into each other is mind boggling. It happens. The effects seem to be mostly from gravity of some sort, but the spaces between things in a galaxy are (according to the book), mostly empty space. Thanks. 🙂
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Now this poem is speaking my language! Isn’t the universe fascinating? Maybe nothing but my bet is on everything! Matter of perspective, I suppose. I love when science and poetry collide😎
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Glad you liked it, Sue. I am not sure if I enjoyed the research for this one, or the writing of the piece more. Yes, the Cosmos is amazing.
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LOL. Milky Way is mostly nothing. That is so true.
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Indeed. 🙂
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Hopefully, there’s a Creamy Cosmos beyond the Milky Way! Nice one.
My 92 words!
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Thanks, Keith.
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