Infinity (Psalm 8)

THE SYMBOL FOR INFINITY

IS A FIGURE EIGHT

LAID ON IT SIDE

IT’S CALLED

A LEMNISCATE

A RIBBON

ANOTHER SYMBOL IS A SNAKE

SWALLOWING ITS TAIL

IT’S CALLED

AN UROBORUS

A CIRCLE

THEN GOD SAID BEGIN

WHERE ON THE CIRCLE

THE RIBBON

CAN YOU SAY THE SPOT

MAYBE GOD DIDN'T SPEAK IT

PERHAPS HE THOUGHT IT

Or BLINKED

OR SCRATCHED HIS HEAD

I WASN'T THERE

BUT I WAS AT MY OWN CONCEPTION

WHEN HE SAID BEGIN

AND MY UNIVERSE EXPLODED

WHEN I CONSIDER THE HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS

THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE

WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM

THE UNIVERSE IS STILL EXPANDING

SOMEDAY GRAVITY WILL TAKE OVER

IT WILL ALL COLLAPSE

AND BE DONE

TIME WILL HAVE ENDED

A MERE BLIP ON THE RIBBON

AND ALL OF US

WILL HAVE BEEN GATHERED

INTO GOD’S BOSOM

AND INFINITI

WILL ROLL ON

FOREVER

FRANK A VOLLMER