An ethereal Voice
From Tomorrow's horizon
Opened the sky
And sank the sun.
Now every star
Shines like the one
We've always known
Since so long ago.

And they do not fade
They do not stray
They are here to stay
They will never die
So It says.

The stellar era
Is timeless incarnate,
And life will forever thrive
On those lonely, drifting worlds

But I have heard,
In the whispers
Of some ancient breeze,
That the Voice will have me
Return its secret,
And with it,
The sun will rise --
Like it once did --
And the stars beyond;
They will be lost,
They will fade,
And we will never find them.

We will wither in the darkness.
We will wear and weather.
And long after the sun has died,
No more suns will ever rise:
Life that once blossomed
In every direction
Is now little more
Than a few particles,
Alone, eons and eons
Away from one another.

This is the Forever Dark.
This is the death of our Universe.

So burn me now,
While the universe still breathes.
Cast my ashes into Autumn's wind;
I care not where they land,
As long as they're here on Earth,
Where it is bright and warm
For at least a little longer.