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Supernova MAG
Overlooking the galaxy
since the very beginning
a guardian of space
Forged from a cloud of chaos
a phoenix born of flame and light
rising from the ashes of her ancestors
She has observed the Earth
the beings that inhabit it for years
centuries, millennia
She has watched the continents shift
She has watched, waited patiently
as the Earth completed its days and nights
She has watched the clouds
swirling in the atmosphere
carrying harsh storms, light rain
She has watched as the scaled
horned beasts roamed the earth
and then died off
She has watched the creatures of the ice
existing
as the frost coated the earth
and then thawed
She has watched as humankind evolved
discovering
inventing
creating
dominating the world
She has watched their world fall
as the skies turned gray
the land turned brown
the seas turned dry
as the planet
shriveled
and failed
and died
She has seen harsh struggles
She has seen chaos and confusion
She has seen greatness
joy, prosperity
She has seen the birth
and death
of every creature of the Earth
yet she was still there
But
finally
it was time
A flash of light
A rumbling blast
and the star vanished
at peace.
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Originally written for a poetry presentation last year, this poem is about the life of a star