The Death of Stars

Stars seem eternal shining from on high,
Impossibly far, yet brilliant and intense,
But when at last they lack for sustenance
To feed the flame, then even stars must die;
And some go Nova, blazing through the sky
In an explosion, violent and immense,
Then falling inward to a point so dense
They form a black hole, hidden from the eye.

And this love, that shines out from afar,
When there is nothing left to feed the blaze,
Will it go Nova, exploding everywhere,
And then fall inward like a dying star,
Into a point where neither light nor space
Nor time exist: a black hole of despair?

Marion Shore

Cosmic Response for Marion Shore

First image of a black hole, in a galaxy called Messier 87, about 55 million light-years away from Earth.,,
This supermassive black hole is believed to be seven billion times bigger than our sun