The Beginning

The hymn pulsed

Through nothingness

In a single wave that became time,

That grew into distance, and shone as light eternal

Universes sparkled into being

In the nothingness

They swirled like dreams of motion

Like the dreams of dance

Deep within the womb

Of that nothingness

Everything was asleep

In that nothingness

And everything was alive

There was space, to be explored

And distances,

In that nothingness

There was sound

An immense, endless, silent roar

Of galaxies merging their spirals

In a frenzied dance, beautiful, perfect,

Ancient. It would be named chaos

In that nothingness

There was sound

The sound of light newborn, that burst into being

To shine eternally

Through the nothingness

It was dark, endlessly dark,

This nothingness

And it blazed with light

Light streaked through the nothingness

In an endless column

It engulfed the nothingness

Within its heart

And disappeared into nothingness

Light bloomed and withered

Light burst and bubbled

Light crackled and streamed

Light sparkled and shone

And then in the far distance

It twinkled

In the nothingness