First Light Machine

The silence in sound
Shrouds an ancient ground
Untouched and sublime
Unmoved, in our time
Ever reaching
To touch
The profound.

Credit: NASA/JPL Space Science Institute

an increased reduction
in the motion of mass
details the construction
of a theoretical
crevasse.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/E. Dwek and R. Arendt

I navigate my wonder
I surf the timeless sea
I wander in infinity
In a hope to be, set free.

I memorize the future
To forget what my past did see
I whisper to my master
For a wish that cannot be.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

A phantom look
A saintly feel
A delicate balance
Is what defines
Surreal.

Credit: NASA

An eruption reacts
And is encompassed by flame
A split second attack
Is what delivers its
Fame.

Credit: NASA/JPL Cal-Tech

The process of measuring
Ensures debate
About the essence of light
And the meaning of fate.

Credit: NASA/JPL Cal-Tech

the nova
moves slowly
sliding soft
on dark air
showing novel
uniqueness
a testament
to what’s rare.

Credit: NASA

The break of day
In ruthless decay
Erodes the ever present
Away.

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L. Townsley et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/PSU/L. Townsley et al.

Hot and young
Is a destiny
Outrun
By a sudden moment
That’s unofficially
Begun.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

Feel the mystery
In the pain
Feel the anger
Of a vengeful reign.

Feel the forgiveness
In a breath
Feel the love
That falls from death.

Feel the beginning
And pretend
That the danger
Has come to an end.