We are a brief bloom
On the fragile skin
Of a molten body
Encircling a massive furnace
We are a blossoming of sentience
With encrusted technologies
Craving wonder, hoping for company
Seeking knowledge and excitement
We truly are stardust
Our bodies built from atoms
Forged in successive stellar explosions
We crave the glories of the Universe
We are Human
Copyright © 2016 Kim Whysall-Hammond
The Cheesesellers Wife 
I love this. “Encircling a massive furnace” What a great way of describing it.
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Hey, I’m an astronomer, how else could I describe a star? ;)
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:) Well, I can’t argue with that.
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…and welcome to my blog…. :)
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Crave the glories of the universe -so true.. and yet, as humans, we do little to deserve them!
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That is a good point!
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I love that “blossoming of sentience”, and wish more of it would arise to change this trajectory we are on. We are stardust with motes in our eyes. I loved this poem.
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Thank you Sherry!
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You ever read Brian Swimme’s The Universe is A Green Dragon? He posits that humanity is the eye of the dragon, live evolved to a sentience which can see the universe in some measure of full. You place us aboard that dragon (magnificent first stanza) and make our wonder its hunger. We are “stardust” which craves “the glories of the Universe.” Amen. – Brendan
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I will try to find a copy! My cosmology professor was a strong proponent of the anthropic principle. I argued strongly against it in my final exam….. :)
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Beautifully written, Kim! I love the voiced plosive alliteration in ‘brief bloom’ so delicate, especially when paired with ‘fragile skin’ and contrasted with ‘a molten body / Encircling a massive furnace’. I also like the sibilance of stardust and ‘successive stellar explosions’ before you end with us, the ones who gaze upwards. ‘We are stardust’ also reminds me of Joni and Woodstock.
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Thank you Kim!
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You’re more than welcome! Does your husband sell cheese on the markets in Guldford or Petersfield? My daughter moved from Guildford to Liphook last year and whenever I visit, we love the market in Guildford. Not possible at the moment, of course, but in the future. We LOVE cheese!
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The business grew from a cheese addiction! He sells at indoor markets in the Reading, Newbury, Hungerford area, plus Xmas markets at Swindon and Basingstoke. But who knows when they will all start again, and who would go if they did……..
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You had me at the first stanza – so beautiful.
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Hi Lindi and thank you.
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We are stardust and we need to be connected with the universe. Love this poem!
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Maybe this awful period is time given to us to connect.
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