Silence rarely ends in a whisper
For it is too common that life
And all its accoutrements
Begins with it's rival
...
BANG!
...
Leaving behind all certainty that solitude
Is commonplace in the universe wide
Nay, sound is all around us!
It reverberates in our very molecules
Enticing us to sway and flow
With the motion of space itself
Which is ever expanding like a balloon
In the process of inflation
Continually getting bigger and bigger
Louder and louder
Until critical mass is achieved
With the world we dance upon
Sitting at the very epicenter of tragedy
Whereas all matter reverses course
To crunch with a
...
BANG!
...
Leading to the first whisper of silence

Standing never felt so selfish
For when love has knelt before you
Or you before it
The world and it's clocks pause
...
Yield
...
To every beat of the rapid cacophony
Ticking faster than any standard metronome
Dissonant from the first words
"Will you..."
Yet somehow harmonious when completed
"Marry me..."

It is in that second that time rewinds
And all the memories shared between
Two hearts
Melds together in the perfect landscape
Of carefully planned out location
All just for hoping
...
Wishing
...
That the answer given might slow the pulse
Allowing the clocks to tick and tock
At regular intervals once more
All so that the selfish desire to stand
Can be done selflessly
The minute you say
"Yes"

Beyond the moon we float suspended
Hanging onto each gasp
The EarthRise pulsing in our fading vision
Growing dimmer with every flash... until
Out of body we float
Turning towards ourselves in confusion
Letting go for the briefest moment
To touch what always had been us
...Reaching...
Trying to grip at the life we once loved
Staring back blankly at our distant home
Now a memory as time is timely forgotten
We drift quietly
Into the dark side of the moon
Where silence gains a new definition
Absent the light that once illuminated
The hidden void between us
...Cold...
Frantically we scream in search of us
Yet not a sound can be heard
Just a faint echo of our late hearts
Thumping in rhythmic unison
To a song shared between lost lovers
Defiant of its ending we struggle
Pushing back against the black
Hoping to glimpse just one more ray
...Warmth...
We are together again
Basking in the beauty of balance
Unwilling to ever let go of the other
As we soak in what we know to be
Our final moments of awareness
Hand in hand we kiss
Sparking a multitude of distant images
Completing the final chapter of our lives
...EarthRise...