The Big Bang

In the beginning, there was nothing No space, no time, no matter, no light Only a tiny point of infinite density and energy Waiting to explode with a mighty might Then, in a fraction of a second The point burst into a fiery ball Expanding faster than the speed of light Creating space and time and all The ball was hot and dense and chaotic Filled with quarks and gluons and photons But as it cooled and stretched and grew It formed protons and neutrons and electrons The first atoms were born in the darkness Hydrogen and helium, the lightest ones They clumped together by gravity Forming stars and galaxies and suns The stars were nuclear furnaces Fusing elements in their cores They made carbon and oxygen and iron And many more elements galore Some stars died in supernova explosions Spewing their guts across the sky Enriching the interstellar medium With the seeds of new stars and planets and life Our solar system was one of those seeds A cloud of dust and gas and ice It collapsed and flattened and spun around Shaping the sun and the earth and their satellites The earth was a molten rock at first Bombarded by asteroids and comets But it cooled and formed a crust and an atmosphere And oceans and continents and climates The oceans were the cradle of life Where molecules became cells and cells became creatures They evolved and diversified and adapted Developing senses and brains and features Some creatures left the water for the land And some took to the air with wings They formed plants and animals and fungi And insects and reptiles and mammals and birds and human beings We are the children of the Big Bang The latest chapter in the cosmic story We are made of stardust and we are alive We can wonder and learn and explore and create and glory We are not alone in this vast universe There are countless worlds and stars and galaxies We don't know if there is other life out there But we hope and dream and search and listen and see The Big Bang is not the end, but the beginning The universe is still expanding and changing and growing We don't know what the future holds for us But we are part of it and we are going and flowing