Above the silence surrounding the celestial sphere,
Light years away in the cold of space,
It’s furious, collapsing, solar career
The sun explodes: timid darkness erased
Under magnetic field spirals; around it orbit
Astronomical objects sharing dull and lightless reflection;
While well past the edge of its turbulent protection,
Completely chaotic irregulars and elongated ovals gambit
A speeding journey away from our gigantic spiral disk
And conquering the remaining empty enormity that is space.
An eternity briskly afire in one of the spiral arms, and still brisk
The energy of the radiation fired into the expanse,
After under duty’s weight it assumes a red giant’s stance;
For a billion years, the dwarf will gradually die with grace,
But its unconditional surrender will leave all life at risk.
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Submission Name: Life at Ten Billion
