Cosmic micro wave
back ground
the ancient light
imprinted
on the sky
when the universe
was about three
hundred and seventy
thousand years old.
Today faint traces
of this ancient light
yet linger upon our
eyes, and remarkably
it appears not evenly
spread out across
our universe.
Extremely small
fluctuations
in this shroud
of light which
make it appear
to be clotted
are in fact
seeds from
which grew
the galaxies
we see about
ourself today.
The universe
began as a hot
dense state
which initially
exploded outward
at a rate exceeding
that of the speed of light
Then it began
to cool even
as it continued
to expand
Now here
we are
to day
