Entropy

I.

The whole of cold, silent space is expanding:
galaxies grow more distant from one another;
the universe is mostly empty already, and
the emptiness, silence, and cold are increasing.

II.

In an old-growth forest, summer sunlight falls,
diffused through the boughs of the beeches;
comes the chirping of birds, the rustle of leaves
as mammals and insects move in the brush.

III.

A soft gasp, a hushed sigh, the quickening stream
of blood through capillaries, arteries, veins,
as a finger lightly, oh so lightly, touches and traces
the warm, gentle slopes of a lover’s lips.