Infinity

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