Let me tell you what I saw
the last time I went over there
beyond electrons' gaping maw
body beneath bright actinic glare.

Darkness shrank to a mere point
in the midst of formless nothingness
where space and time flowed out of joint
their directions anybody's guess.

Like light I sought the irised dark
and with a blink I passed right through
exiting Rosenstein's bridge like a spark
the cosmos in fine focused view.

A freeze frame of the universe;
Future? Past? No difference
all displayed in one long verse.
Everything made perfect sense.

Colors unknown came to sight,
unheard sounds assailed my touch
Untried thoughts tasted with each bite.
Senses flooded with too much.

Loved ones passed all waved hello
unborn descendants bowed to me
as lack of light still cast its glow
illuminating future history.

I saw planets bloom and black holes die;
strange life evolve, stagnate and end
while time stood still and seemed to fly.
I saw granitic waves crash by and bend.

And there were so many things
seen but somehow not perceived;
dimensional starts, ghosts' passings;
faiths formed, realities unbelieved.

Then in this stew of such input
a continuous flicker of pale green
leading me to intuit
the point source was of love unseen.

Then intruded spaced out beeps
which propelled me back to here
where time still advances in creeps.
Where dwells my anchor held so dear.