I believe 
for no other reason 
than knowing 
what I know 
that at one point 
in the great expanse 
a cataclysmic galactic 
white hot flash 
tore us apart 
send us spinning 
lost in the void 
and it’s taken us this long
to find our way
to this rock
to struggle against 
things that don’t matter
and finally be able
to look back up at the sky
toward the birth canal
of it all
wonder why 
anyone has the audacity 
to believe that 
anything matters 
than the moment happening 
right now