So I’ve been watching “Cosmos” with Neil Degrasse-Tyson and it inspired this poem.  Enjoy!

STARDUST FOREVER

An ancient star was dying and
It’s fires burning low.
Then with one final mighty burst
It’s bulk the star did throw.

The star is dead, a tiny thing
A cider dark and small.
But all around, the stuff of it
Heeds physics siren call.

It joins with stuff from other stars
As through the dark it falls.
Until at last it forms a disc
Then planetary balls.

A piece of stuff from that dead star
Upon this barren sphere.
Mixed with some stuff from other stars
And that’s why life is here.

So now you see the truth my friend
You’re stardust just like me.
And being from some distant star
Is cool you must agree.

Cheers, Winston