A black hole.
A swirling vortex of supergravity and nothingness
From which not even light can escape.
How they resemble the darkness of eyes.
How they resemble a pupil, lost in a vast iris of beauty.
Light travels forever in, never to escape.
It widens in pure darkness
When it no longer can steal the shimmering breath of galaxies.
When it can't rip the wings from angels.
When it no longer ingests purity.
How it shrinks when it's overloaded
When all around is splendor.
When it has finally filled itself to the brim.
It finally closes.
Is it the eye of God?
Of some other deity, lost in space?
If you look into one...
Do you see a soul?
Will you see a forgotten glimmer of humanity?
When I look into the sky, and see pinpoints of light,
Will I find myself reflected
Distorted into a thing of beauty?
If you fall into the eyes of heaven, do you awake in Paradise?
Scientists and Philosophers ask,
"What lies within a black hole?"
I merely reply
With words that taste so familiar,
Yet aren't mine,
"Look into your lover's eyes. Look into your children's."
"What do you see, hidden in the dark vortexes of their thoughts?"
And they dismiss it
On "lack of evidence."
That simply means they are afraid of the answer.
To look into your lover's eye is to be captured once more by the heart.
To look into your children's... Is to see your world.
A contest entry
- What's Within a Black Hole? by aslanlight.
600 points, ended December 30, 2007, 18 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Your BEST........ by islekine.
600 points, ended January 4, 2008, 29 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - 14 to 18 ages enter your best prewrite Judged by RedwingSpirit.
700 points, ended January 7, 2008, 36 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - TEENAGERS - We're not all thick, yeah? #2 by LaurenLightning--x.
730 points, ended May 7, 2008, 42 entries
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Comments
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This is beautiful.
I love eyes - one of my favourite parts of the human body. They're lovely =]
I love the imagery in this poem, it simply blew me away.
Thank you for entering and good luck!!
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Excellent work Congratulations on the trophies
Thank you for entering my contest I wish you the best of luck.
RedwingSpirit
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Good and Bad...but definately NOT
Ugly! This is absolutely fantastic!...
You took it way out there and back....
I LOVE it!
Thanks so much for entering!
Write on and on and on!
*PEACE ON EARTH*
Happy New Year!
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WOW. this is really good! the images, the word choice...really powerful.
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Oh dear God, this is incredible!
Peace Georgia
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thank you. I'm still not sure how I wrote it. Care to theorize? xD
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oh my god.
I find it incredible how someone as random as you can have your brain spit out such perfection and beauty Bekz.
Such talent -
powerful piece.
you have a way with words.
and the imagery is just fantastic.
Peace love and empathy,
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erm, thank you. I can't help but jump at an astronomy reference. kind of a passion.
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