Indispensable grace
Will life just let itself shrink
into a dot
And vanish?
Billions of years of misses and chances
sophisticate atoms into life
Wither away?
Will matter’s experiment with consciousness
lost forever?
Or is the harmonious dance of fundamental
forces gauging the discord?
Is the cosmos sensing the loss?
Will the healing begin?
For random atoms to align elements
To set the story of life
Peg the milestones
That led to human
And back