Supernova Poem by Jonathan Banuelos

She stood silent against the black emptiness
Shining was her weapon to impress
Far from any other star’s reach
Come to me was her beseech
Civilizations rose and died at her foundation
She mourned at her fading light, death was her temptation

Alone she lived for half an eternity

Her magnificent core could no longer thaw her companions
Her dying core cracked and crumbled and left dry canyons
Isolated she was among the universe’s outstretched nebulae arms
Immune were the other stars to her fading charms

Alone she lived for three quarters of an eternity.

In her last breathe she fought against gravity and grew red
Engulfing her companions, unstoppable was her spread
Finally her strength faltered and gravity won
Her heart restarted, burning blue with fury, once more a sun
Her hate grew, and she became smaller
The universe could no longer support her choler
So heavy was her hate it ripped through the universe
She left a stark reminder of it behind; a black hole was her concourse

Alone she died in an eternity