There is a Place

There is a place far flung from the galaxies,

a deep space beyond the stars, a birth place

from where a profusion of big bangs begin

and end. The Alpha and Omega, my friends,

where all time is dark, silent and still. Some

say death; some claim resurrection, a burial of

that which was and conception of that which is

to be. Science discloses that which is deduced

mathematically; poetry reveals the degradation

and elation of new imaginings. Together in light

of everything which seems to be, lies the violently

frightful and wondrously delightful netherworld

of our existence.

Chris Hanch 12-16-18