Instantaneous Comprehension

reaching out for help
disturbing the water
ripples of light
wavering time
space pulsating to your heatbeat

make the descision,
an empire falls
take the step,
a star explodes
put up a fight,
a planet dies
the universe is all that you perceive it to be

look more closely
you'll find the answers to questions you have not yet asked
touch the Earth to find meaning
listen to the silence for explanations
look at a starry sky to know your soul

smell the ashes of your home
step over the annihilation
hear the slaughter of children
cry in the night for the essence of life
cry because you were born into a world that you never wanted to know
Believe it or not, I started writing this poem thinking about ChibiUsa of Sailor Moon, but when I stopped writing, I looked over it and changed my mind. Originally, this was longer, and it was incomplete. But I thought that it was beginning to drone on and get boring, so I fiddled around with editing it, and modified one part to make the end and this is what I got.
Since I changed my original intentions as I wrote it, I'm not quite sure what the point of this poem is. Something along the lines of the darker side of the Universe, of course, and a bit of the chaos theory.

Tell me what you think!
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