Flares Out Into Infinite Nothingness

Flares Out Into Infinite Nothingness
© Surazeus
2018 12 18

We know that we will die at any time
so we must savor every flash of thought
that dreams bright model of the universe
inside the tangled neurons of our minds
before this fragile flame of consciousness
flares out into infinite nothingness.

Why must we spend so much of conscious time
acquiring food to maintain mental dream
so when we walk together by the stream
we communicate with heart-loving rhyme
before this fragile flame of consciousness
flares out into infinite nothingness?

Strange shadow of my body on the ground
progresses through vast maze of writhing forms
on quest to find good food I can consume
before silent monster consumes me first,
before this fragile flame of consciousness
flares out into infinite nothingness.

The universe is whole structure of atoms
that cycle through construction and destruction
so we share fruit before we copulate
then teach our children how to navigate
before this fragile flame of consciousness
flares out into infinite nothingness.