Galactic Waters
By Matthew Brothers
Resting against the backdrop of pinpointed light,
the nebulous cloud like stretched sea smoke.
There are no waves in the black,
yet the sea and space share vastness,
one much greater than the other.
The snowball nebula rests in the cold void,
it’s the opposite of snowball earth,
it’s beautiful.
Well, snowball earth is beautiful,
from the outside at least.
It floats on a sea holding black matter and cosmic clams.
How can the sea and space have a connection?
The milky seas send up their light for the satellites to see,
and that is all the connection they need.
Take this fact from me and you will see,
dying stars boil galactic waters to make blackhole tea.
Water is life, space holds frozen death.
Water can be frozen; water can hold death.
The seas kill the most, they also hold mysteries.
The enigmas far from what our eyes can see,
galaxies share the same two qualities.
