I. Origins & Atoms (awe and science) Recycled Me My laugh may contain a supernova’s echo and some dinosaur. Atomic Confessions I’m a patchwork soul— Mars dust, Mozart, maybe mold. Still, I make it work. Shared Inheritance You and I might share a cell from Cleopatra— or her cat, perhaps. Breath of Ages Each breath has been breathed— by prophets, pirates, poets, and pollen in spring. In the Beginning Hydrogen whispered— then stars shouted in color. Now here I am: me. Old Soul Science I’m billions of years disguised as someone new. Don’t let it fool you. II. Impermanence & Time (transience, letting go) On Impermanence Atoms drift like wind. Today they are my body— tomorrow, the sea. Memory Foam My spine holds echoes of stars collapsing in sleep. No wonder I ache. Unwritten Will This hand once held fire. Now it lifts a coffee cup. All things find their use. After I’m Gone Scatter me gently. The stars are always hiring new...