Supernova

This odd amalgam of lights
Weeping constellation
Pulled from the galaxy
Of a lifetime's dancing,
Quickly eclipsed
At one sharp, bleak point
Irresistible sorrow
Void of all music
A black hole
That allows no glimmer of birdsong
To escape the unthinkable gravity
Where words are sucked
Incomplete from mouths
Where the pages of books
Lose their meaning
Where only memory remains to fill
The dark clouds and pours
From the reddened eyes and swollen hearts
Where mourning bodies collapse
Into an infinite mass of love and pain
Praying that together they will
Ignite a new star of hope

For John, Adam and Bryan and in memory of Amy