Mother Universe Poem by RIC BASTASA

IT took so many million years
before men finally realized
that this universe is
a female

feminine so feminine with
stars as accent for his black hair
moon as brooch
sun as golden gown
with all flare ascending the
stairs of heaven
the earth as her soft bed
at night laden with trees and flowers
and soft grass too

she got this black hole
sucking everything masculine
inside her radioactive womb
and with a bang
she gives birth to another set
of stars

another family
in the line of galaxies
heavenly family trees