A nascent eye opening in the realm of non-existence
A time before time of low res indifference
No space, no form, no dark, no light
Stirrings of a flicker ready to ignite
Before I can gasp at my inception in wonder
The gates of reality forever cast asunder
The flood of inflation is about to be unleashed
And I’m the chosen rider of this untamed beast
Is this reality or vivid simulation?
Arrow of causation in the dark of correlation?
No rhyme, no reason, an event so insane
Nothing will ever be nothing again!
Singularity, Planck Epoch, space-time has yet to exist
10(-43) seconds, Grand Unification, space-time, an orphan born
10(-36) seconds, Inflation, space expands by a factor of 10(+78)
10(-12) seconds, Quark Epoch, matter annihilates antimatter
I grow faster than your swiftest perception
There’s no escaping me in any direction
My line of sight dwarfs the speed of light
Singularity to hundred million miles without respite
Ungodliest of records I am destined to break
Trillion-trillionth of a second is all I will take
A stature so colossal that none can defy
All this before I’ve even opened my eye!
Time is no longer a figment of abstraction
Fundamental forces, hear the call to action
Matter domination, gravity’s attraction
Crush antimatter with punitive exaction!
10(-6) seconds, Hadron Epoch, protons and neutrons form
One second, Lepton Epoch, gravity drives universe’s expansion
Ten seconds, Photon Epoch, nuclear fusion creates elements
Electrons dominate positrons to extinction
A feat you’ll repeat with your kind with distinction
One minute in, let there be light
20 minutes gone, matter brings the fight
I am born, I am awake
I am light, I am sight
I ignite, I create
I devour, annihilate
On and on goes the show
Restless tide ever flow
Am I lost and alone before loss and isolation has yet to have meaning
Or adrift in an expanse of infinite universes born of celestial dreaming
The grand stage is set, my exalted foundation
What wonders await, what trials, tribulations
My limitless potential rousing inspiration
Unbounded motivation will fuel my formation
Galaxies transcending symphonic revelation
Dark matter out-menacing demonic violation
So when you forget that you’re just a tiny spot
In a sea of countless rocks on a pale blue dot
In the amaranthine ocean of infinity
Remember...
I am all and all is me!
You will remember
I am all and all is me!
