Destroyer of Worlds

By Melancholic VIncent

The emptiness of the universe
Swallows the look of my eyes
Drunk with lethargy
I surrender to it's voracious gluttony
My tepid body
Soon gets colder
Disperces the warmth of life
The vacuum absorbs it ungratefully

My innocent eyes still have a glimpse of breath
WIth no delay it burns out completely
Impotent mirror of water
Reflects the powerful cosmo
Absorbs my numb spirit
In a vortex of imense loneliness
Seduced by distant stars
It's shine is a hidden trick
Travels for milions of light-years
But it's star is extinguished for aeons ago
Devoured in a abyss of eternal darkness
What remains is a picture of ancient clarity
Arrives at earth in the vain hope of escaping
Of the desolation that debauchered humanity

I became one with the universe
I can feel it's insaciable hunger
The curse of infinity and eternity
I witnessed the fear of galaxies
Imprisioned in the imensity
Of the voracious spaceĀ 

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Copyright 2012 Melancholic VIncent
Published on Thursday, July 5, 2012.     Filed under: "Fiction" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Destroyer of Worlds is part of Oppenheimer's quote when detonating the first nuclear bomb in Trinity Test, New Mexico. Initially made in portuguese
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  • Invisible Girl On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Invisible Girl (134)By person wrote:

    absorbs my spirit in a vortex of immense loneliness.. Small soul, big universe... love this

  • Melancholic VIncent On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    The universe as one person, filled with emptiness, eating stars and planets to feel his void inside. If the universe was one soul, it would feel miserable.

  • FadedBlues On Friday, July 6, 2012, FadedBlues (2172)By person wrote:

    ...nice research on this. I'm sure the other planets in the universe are keeping an eye on us & our unholy weapons...

  • Melancholic VIncent On Friday, July 6, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    I guess a lot of people know the Oppenheimer quote and the Manhattan Project. It's all over History Channel and stuff. Though, only the title is about that, the poem itself doesn't regard that subject

  • A former member wrote: wow i got goose bumps. very powerful and well wrote. "I witnessed the fear of galaxys" great line. gives life to the stars.

  • Melancholic VIncent On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    Thanks for your comment. Then my objective is complete. It's great when one can create that effect with one poem.

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