The Great Expanse

Products of the grand creator Inhabit this universe In spectral dimensions, unfathomable to the human grasp But they cannot be here, for the great expanse is much too vast Across the dead region, none can go No species will ever transverse the dark Constructed, insurmountable from the start Like a firefly lit in the night, its light diminishes and then out of sight Out of reach before the flicker fades Civilizations work this way They rise, they fall, flourish, then become extinct By the time you know they exist, they won't No persuasion can warp spacetime But for the fallen angelic lifeline They lurk, they hide like ghosts, indistinct By the time you know they exist, its too late No persuasion can cross the black hole But under fallen angelic control They chose not to keep their first estate Lightyears would take thousands of generations to overcome Trying to harness power of a billion suns, it cannot be done so they cannot be here, for the great expanse cannot be undone Across the dead region, none can go No species will ever transverse the dark Constructed, insurmountable from the start Like a firefly lit in the night, its light diminishes and then out of sight Out of reach before the flicker fades Civilizations work this way They rise, they fall, flourish, then become extinct By the time you know they exist, they won't No persuasion can warp spacetime But for the fallen angelic lifeline They lurk, they hide like ghosts, indistinct By the time you know they exist, its too late