Big Bang! .... Big Collapse! Poem by William J. (Skip) Henderson Jr.

Science teaches the universe started with the Big Bang
Religion teaches us that the universe was created by God.
Though science of physics and astronomy we learned
That the universe is still expanding.

We learn of dark matter that makes up the main volume of the universe
It is not just galaxies, nebulae and gas clouds,
At some time in the future the universe will stop expanding
Then what? Shrink! Of course!

Consider this: The big bang started our universe as we know it,
But that big bang came of what?
Could a previous universe collapse into a singularity that went bang?
Hmmm, …a previous universe? How many universes were there before,
How many big bangs and big collapses?