Let There Be Light

Soft piano notes, 

The whistle of a friend, 

Harmonica and flute and drums and the distance between us becomes nought. 

We stand here at the edge of a universe 

A star dies. 

We toast marshmallows and we tell stories and we laugh and we cry 

Alone but together in the forest at the end of time. 

The twang of a banjo. 

Then silence. 

And then, 

Everything 

Sheer immensity 

I am every one and every thing 

Every speck of dust and every star in the sky

Every unturned rock and every trail not taken

I am it all

I am the light that shines 

The darkness that engulfs 

The rivers that run and the grass that grows and the rain that falls and the sands that flow 

I am every word ever spoken, every tear ever cried, every fear and passion and love and hate 

I am the trees and the dirt 

The mountains and the lakes

The deserts and the jungles and the frozen wastes

I am fire and I am flame and I am endless 

I am time and self and I. am. it. all. 

Everything glows

in the brilliance of existence 

and I bask in its glory. 

I let it overwhelm me. 

As everything, 

Every person, creature, stone and star 

Plummet into the vast emptiness of the void

I stand here as the universe dies 

And I am alive. And I am not alone. 

There's something coming, creeping over the horizon. 

And to those that come next

Unto you I give the world