Cosmological Constant

 

the days will come and go

 

the clouds will evaporate

 

the atoms will split

 

and the birds will scatter

 

*

 

the trees will sigh

 

the continents will drift

 

the sun will sling the Earth through space

 

and the scorpion will cock its sting

 

*

 

the children will frolic

 

the bombs will dismember

 

the stars will tumble from our telescopes

 

and the shadows will dance

 

 

*

 

the words will hold on tight

 

the atmosphere will corkscrew

 

the heartbeats will measure our seconds

 

and the breeze will whisper release

 

*

 

the signals will fade

 

the particles will disentangle

 

the abyss will open out

 

and I,

 

will find the first moment of time

 

reflected in your eyes