Written by Balaji, Golden Ears Observatory
You bend light every day and night
And devour stars, big or small, with a ravenous appetite
You send ripples when you dance with your friends
And break every rule, every idea and every fence
You’re elusive and like to hide
In the centre of galaxies, is your home where you reside
In the kingdom of space and time
You are a fearless ruler with no mercy, no dime
You destroy but also make things
Like new stars and planets with rings
Einstein, Hawking and a few others pretend to know you more
But you keep to yourself and reveal no key, no door
Astronomers give you funny names like Sgr B
You probably roll your eyes and wonder why me
You come in all sizes, big and small
Event horizon is your grand entrance where you welcome all
You like to hide the secrets of our present, past and future
Until the end of time, infinity and forever
I hope our paths never cross
For this poem will be a paradox