u/abstracttwilight

I knew in that moment the loneliness and the
darkness were over. I would never have to ask
myself again how long we would drift through
the eternal silence, separated by nothingness.
It’s as if the entire universe breathed us toward
one another, just so we could become one. This unstoppable pull of gravity let me know, it’s you.
You are the one galaxy destined to be mine.
All this time, I was waiting only for you. It was
written in the depths of the Universe, two billion
years ago, that we would find each other. No
distance could have stopped this, not even
300,000 light-years could stand in our way...

We are no longer mere spiral galaxies. We are the united, glowing infinity: II ZW 96

Lonely, I drifted through the dark galaxy I was just an insignificant spiral galaxy. Unaware of what I was capable of. Until 400 million years ago a smaller galaxy decided it wanted to unite with me. It rushed through me but it didn't stayed with me.

I was all alone again, a floral film in space.
Out of the small spiral a beautiful flower shape emerged all that stardust formed petals. For 440 million years now I have been expanding my spiral. So that i became the only spiral galaxy that pieced together all the shattered stars – a gigantic flower, all alone.

Over time, the stars left me, they had to move on. I will have to let all the stars fall apart, just to be this lonely simple spiral galaxy once again. I was not destined to be viewed by everyone in my most beautiful form...

After all this has happened, would I ever be a flower again?