Stardust

Born of the fleeting whim of stardust to take our shape 

we slowly dissolve back in time - that Universal solvent that solves everything

And return to stardust like pigeons that home without Sat Nav

For the wasted breath we exhale to give life to others in our wake

Just as we have shared what Newton gasped as that apple fell

And what Darwin sobbed as his daughter died

Our breaths have swapped stories with wisps from shy Ramanujan

And the obscure lungs of Madhavan as he lived the life of Pi

But also mingled without judgement with the roar of Stalin and Hitler and the futile prayers of all their faceless victims

We are at once stuck to the skin of this cooling ball of fire

And yet belong out there in the endless empty void

Perhaps this is the duality we cannot reconcile

This pull of our home and the promise of our paths  

And in our silent indecision 

We find thoughts of god 

Hiding in plain sight  between electron paths