The Big Bang

by John Barber

The Big Bang flung you out in tiny little pieces

A chaotic flux of matter mixed with energy releases

Hurtling into time and space

On a journey to create your beautiful face

Your quarks were born amidst gamma rays

Hadrons and nuclei were just minutes away

Eons later an atom was formed

You really got going when stars became warm

A carbon atom forged by a star

Continued its course to just where you are

Trillions of atoms converged here on Earth

To gather together on the day of your birth

The odds of this event are beyond comprehension

You here with me in this space-time dimension

Your journey took you to the place that I’d be

All I can say is “Lucky me!”

JArtB

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 AT 17:57