An Odyssey Through Time

Before time itself awoke and blinked its first light 

Before dark and day emerged from primordial night

Before stars breathed life onto canvas black 

The soul of the universe slumbered, waiting to crack 

Through the dreaming void it plunged and swirled

Energy weaving itself, chaos unfurled 

Spinning faster, faster, gaining momentum's force

Gathering its strength for the impending course

When at last it burst, exploded outward wide

Birthing time and space in brilliant flash and tide

Scattering its essence in fiery stardust shine 

Across eons endless this creativity would unwind

And unfold in majesty, matter dancing conscious form

Songs of life emerging, soft souls heeding nature's storm

Twin spirit seducing, entwining in sacred way

Light entwined with darkness, conceiving dawns first ray

Across aeons untold, worlds within worlds blossomed

Galaxies swirling giant mysteries, to grasp we've scarcely begun

As the infant universe took its first breath 

And life, death, rebirth began the eternal cosmic dance 

Now watch as young earth takes shape from stardust amassed 

Molten, churning, energetic conduits at last 

For life's seeds to root, proliferate far and wide

From steaming waters first cells divide, multiply, abide

Their dance animate, they flourish and diversify

Kaleidoscopic dreams splitting like cells that amplify

Turning, spiraling in nature's rhythms pulsating

Harmonies order themselves, patterns integrating

Evolving, revolving, matter to more complex arrays 

Embracing unknown journeys, tomorrows unwritten ways 

Each step conceded to spirit's creative whim

In trust exhaled that life force flows fulfilling its dream

From deepest oceans first to crawl upon earthly strands 

The call was heard, responded to, unknown advent at hand

Scaly limbs found traction, tails propelled theirs hearts commands

As incarnate spirit bestowed breath's kiss upon creaturely souls 

They left behind the comfort of aquatic cradles 

To follow fate's mystery across shore's dry unstable spans 

Lungs heaving, gills still breathing they emerged in-between 

No longer only water bound, but amphibious beings 

Spirit ever questing, seeking, exploring new planes

Matter manifesting its impulse, life's urge to attain

More diverse receptacles for its light to shine through

Ever unfolding its purpose, creativity renewing 

Reptiles relinquished aquatic ways to walk earth upright

Follow spirit's curiosity into the wide unknown out of sight

To crawl, climb, swing, run unleashed across lands verdant 

Lured by life's longing, its joy and yearning incessant

Feathers unfurled for those who would take to skies

Hollow bones, aerodynamic forms to reach the heights

While others found power in fleet feet or stealth's stalk

All spirit's creativity, no limit to what it would hark 

From dinos' thunder to birds' sweet melody

Matter follows spirit's call to novelty 

Infinite variety, life's bountiful gem 

Each species unique with instinct and whim 

For eons unbounded this passion play unfolded 

Earth's abundance of life ever more manifold

Myriad niches spirit's incarnate artistry sings 

The planet a theater where its imagination takes wing

Then one fine day from forest floor they stood upright

Two legged and awkward, they stepped into sight 

With tools and big brains, unspecialized frame

A new self-aware breed that would leave no terrain the same

On two feet they ventured to stake their claim

To grow, create, build, trade, journey, and tame

The spirit within still longing, evolving, becoming

Through human minds it kept dreaming, seeking, running

Creating, destroying, loving, and loathing 

Advancing, regressing in endlessness clothing 

Building cities, roads linking human chains

Spirit's incarnate tides contained not by reins 

Civilizations rose, some crumbled back to dust

Arts, letters, trade, war; creativity's thrust

Endless variation in the human-spirit dance

Brutality to beauty in ignorance and advance

The human drama unfolded undefined 

Spirit ever longing, seeking new vineyards 

Compelled by curiosity's forward momentum

Incarnate soul's manifestation no accident 

It is spirit's destiny to keep evolving 

Through matter's teatro its energies revolving

Infinitely changing, growing, dissolving 

Reforming into spirit more fully involving

So on they march, these humans flawed yet epic 

Spirit in flesh pounding, carving out its narrative 

Striving, dreaming, searching for what is bigger

Beyond wealth, power, surface and figure

A narrative still unfolding without defined end

The human soul's journey, spirit the pen

In an eternal weaving of creativity fecund 

Life's poetry ever abundant

For the eternal spirit cannot cease its expansion

Manifesting endlessly in novel increment 

Through matter's theater it keeps transcending 

Yet is always Here, Now, without time depending

We are the universe self-expressed, self-addressed 

Spirit and matter composing life's fest

This human-spirit odyssey without destined port but joyful quest 

So may we live it boldly as consciousness blessed

To be a traveler on this journey, our fortune 

However long or short our time distorts not

But rather opens us to awe and perspective

On humanity's song living interactive

May we not dwell on endings but revelations ongoing 

Each breath a rebirth, all life embroidering

Knowing spirit immortal, without cease probabilistic

While form temporal, no moment prosaic 

As fellow voyagers may we live passion-filled

Savoring, touching, breathing in rapture distilled

Every encounter, sensation a chalice we drink from thirsty

Mortal forms serving creative life purposefully

May we immerse without fear in the mystery 

Reminding each other we are more than we see

Befriending our clothing, yet following soul's behest

As incarnate spirit on human adventure quest

So walk on as consciousness here in the flesh 

But unbound by illusion, time's pendulum swing 

Witnessing life's theater with perspective fresh 

And the gratitude of stars, taking nothing for granted

But opening every moment to uncover its wonder

Even in pain, seeing through eyes not torn asunder 

By judgments, fear, or beliefs that life afflict

But flowing in wisdom of souls without conflict 

Cultivating compassion for these roles we're acting

Smiling on all our Gaines, joy and tragedy enacting

Knowing each form temporal donning masks long enough 

To glean insight before spirit's wind moves on in its flurry 

We've incarnated to help heal, create anew 

To make this sphere a home more caring and true 

Where all are safe, life revered, beauty and dignity ensue

Tearing down walls that divide, opening up to broader view 

That sees past skin, gender, culture's dividing line 

Into hearts where we all long for love divine 

Where truth's sought not in word's false security

But direct encounter's disarming sincerity

Time now to awaken, end our fearful trance

With bold vision for humanity's advance 

No soul left stranded on uncaring chance 

But each life valued beyond ignorance, circumstance 

When we see each other clearly as sister and brother

We remember and reconnect with one another

Spirit's endless dance ever evolving through creativity's prism 

In whatever roles we play our job is to be present, listen

Opening to each moment, hungry for its aliveness 

Shedding deadening habits toward awakeness

Honoring this human birth however many spins granted

Before we return back to the void that remains enchanted 

The immortal womb awaiting our soul's requiem 

Where even in darkness, light's poetry streams

So let's live fully, love deeply, help others do the same 

That when our scene closes we take pride in how we played the game

Knowing this too but one act in an epic without a final curtain 

As spirit roams on, its imagination ceaseless, learning

Beyond heavens untrodden, incarnating continuously 

The eternal pulse of creativity birthing worlds unceasingly 

So now and forever, we live life as though each breath sacred

Mindful that we dwell in infinitude, not just what is created