Ashes

          There are ashes on the moon, I bet:

     left over from the ancients!

       There are ashes on Earth, dancing

               in the wind, I’ve seen this.

       There are ashes on Mars, red like

              —dormant fire…here and there

       Everywhere: I’ve seen photographs!

       There are ashes on Mercury, hot

              and burnt…there has to be (?)

       Someday, if you look into my

              coffin, you’ll find ashes too!

       Ashes—have a long history with

              mankind, people, the universe.

       The sun, one day will explode,

              be sucked into nothingness;

       Or perhaps a black hole—

       Leaving only ashes and dead gases!

       Then what?

       We’ll all start over again, from Ashes?

                 #3335/4-29-2012