Atoms are Forever

Atoms...

the silent laborers

of our humble, yet

precarious beginnings

In uproarious union,

committed to lend

unsolicited breath to

humanity

Yes, we, the undeservingly

loved offsprings of Nature,

of God, of Nature...

Yes, we, the everso

undeservingly loved

progeny of the God

of Nature

Drastically, gradually

evolved into creators

devolved into civilized cretins,

engineering destinies

destructing design

denying data

We,

of the specious

propensity to absolve

to vindicate.

to obfuscate the story

of our eternal sin

Ever seeking to hide

shame within the

dank dark depths of nothingness,

pretending it’s all escape

from the eternal wages

of our eternal sin

Ever

denying pain

denying aim

denying meaning

Hiding shame in death

Atoms don’t lie

don’t front

will carry on

transmuting in entropy

manifesting in enthalpy

transporting us and our

lowlier siblings

from

one state to the next

herenow to hereafter

for if life

bears no meaning,

Atoms labor in perilous vain

As

atoms are,

So are we forevermore.