I close my eyes

To see a hidden world laid out in front of me 

Consisting of hundreds of thousands of stars, planets, galaxies

Filled with places I could never imagine 

In these worlds,

There lay millions of secrets  

What a wonder it would be to behold the secrets of the universe

Or would it be a burden? 

As I travel through this newfound place, 

Nebulas, comets, and meteors come into view

I look around in utmost admiration and awe 

As a whole new world stares back at me 

Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, 

One world is destroyed

Flames and bright lights set the dark space ablaze

As it terminates the history, lives, and secrets of a planet

But in the distance

A new world forms simply from a ball of rock 

It develops and grows to become a place of greenery and flourishment

As if a planet had not just exploded moments ago

A world gained is indeed a world lost

A place thriving with life and civilization,

Gone in an instant, 

Only to be replaced by another small world in this vast universe 

Does life truly end as quickly as it is created? 

Is this the sad reality of the circle of life?

Do stars shine so bright with the knowledge that they will be destroyed one day? 

Who are we, then, in this universe?

We are truly nothing, 

Except for the pawns of the universe

Because the universe holds the key to life in our small, insignificant world 

We shine brightly, knowing that one day, we are to explode like stars

I open my eyes,

Only to be hit with the reality of my existence within this small, insignificant world

Like everything in this universe, I was born with a date to die

So why not make every day memorable and worth the trouble to survive?

Vivamus moriendum est. 

Let us live, for we must die.

Let us make each moment special

And shine like the stars that make up this galaxy