Forever

A supernova is forever

Not in duration

But in light.

With a modern ship

One can match pace therewith

And watch the grand explosion

Play out across the stars

Forever, frozen in time.

But in truth

this can only last so long;

Eventually one must turn back

For fear of death

Or isolation

Or going astray

And when one returns

To that nova’s spot

There is left nought
But golden dust