April 10th, 2019

a candle burns in space
with a flame inside a hidden place
a black hole has a name
unknown to those who worked
to captured it’s soul in a frame


there’s a magnet of emptiness
that life dreams into the human race
and we are pulled to find nothingness
that lives in what we don’t know
while the darkness
hides the light of the soul

we want answers that help us
to complete our life
given in easy sound bytes
that we repeat until we get it right

we need a safety net
to catch us if we fall
that does not come
with too high a price
so we can buy and sell
and upgrade to make billions
and then be happy somehow


so we take a picture of a black hole
we venture into the unknown
with a dream to get answers
while we only get to see
the outer edges of distant reality


there are so many mysteries in life
that we must play detective
to try to justify what’s right
here in our existence
here while we’re alive


and there’s a candle
that burns without a flame
there’s a breath fed that spirit claims
that drives us each and every day
there’s this amazing grace
that has no face


we wish on the stars
and are humbled
as we try to figure out who we are
while in the depths of our soul
there’s still more answers in this universe
for us to know


what drives us in this life
what makes us happy
what’s wrong and right
what creates the light
of the planets and stars
and the truth of who you are


what’s seen and unseen
after this life where do we go
what’s really behind the black hole