The Edge Of Forever

We stand on a constant threshold of

A quantum hierarchy, universal and pure

The echo amid silence an epoch from antiquity

Of red-shifting matter, finite yet unbounded

The ethereal nomenclature of grandeur, on high

Where the relative is irrelevant

And immensity is eternity

Forever and ever, amen

Yet, the universe encompasses and engulfs

Even, almost, infinity as an atom

And i saw eternity the other night

The unvanquished black splendor

Of the edge of forever

Where our conscience and comprehension

Fail from frailty

Yet, nine worlds i remember

A community of matter

And, by thought, i comprehend our world

Heaven and earth are as old as i

And all things are one

Through the eyes of night

We see an intimation

Of a frail existence

A fabric, and a void

Where the greatest

Have greater still

On outward, and upwards

Spiraling, forever

Are ascents, descents

Perpetual

Seeing far enough

To be blinded by darkness

Grasp, yet never reach

A bastion eternal

Boundaried only by conscience

And a flaccid understanding

Athanasia in all ages

In all directions

In all minds

Filled with elegant truths,

And pristine illusions,

Stretch out your eyes

Where the greatest

Have greater still

Perpetual