First Light Machine

Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SETI Institute

sinking
i feel the vertical
horizontally
i drop, going forward
into the present of past
into the front of time
quicker
as i move slower

seeking the essence of what
it means
to be
me.

Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI),
C. R. O’Dell (Vanderbilt U.), NASA

A bow wave of solitude
An atmosphere, of truth
A conduit for the beautiful
Within the nourishment, of youth.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

A diverse composition
A layerd, effect
Reflect apparitions
Of a timeless –
Respect.

Credit & Copyright: Federico Pelliccia

Through the eye
Of our history
We struggle to free,
The presence of meaning
From the answers,
We see.

Credit: Y. Hezaveh (Stanford) et al., ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ), NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

On course distortions
Of direct,
Dispersed source
Distracts from the motions
Of indirect,
Produced force.

Credit: Bob and Janice Fera – Feraphotography.com

Cold
And alone
A captured shimmer, of home

In the depths
Of time
Within a frozen, sublime

Is a voice
So distant
Its gone, in an instant

And an silence
So loud
It thunders through, its cold shroud.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

The density of heat
Within a radiated shell
Determines the status
Of present,
By reforming
The presence
Of hell.

Credit & Copyright: Processing – Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari Data – Hubble Tarantula Treasury, European Southern Observatory

Radiated colors
Falling backwards, in time
Seek their new positions
In crashing landscapes
Re-aligned.

Radiated visions
Rocking inwards, inclined
Greet their fate solutions
Through arcing shadows
Re-defined.

Credit & Copyright: Maurice Toet

One’s gravitational fence
Is often condensed
By a measure
Of our spiritual
Sense.