#pubdate 2012-10-06 10:38:19 -0700 #title Empyrean #author Federico Arcos #SORTauthors Federico Arcos #SORTtopics poetry #source sent by friend of author #lang en In memory of Vincente Mari Tho’ the continents sink the Oceans dry up, or the rays of the Sun be extinguished, and the darkness permeates the Earth; Tho’ the poles compress and meet at the equator, or the Planet be pulverized, vanishing in the Ether. Tho’ the Universe lose its rhythm the Worlds shatter and everything disintegrates in the Infinite. Tho’ Eternity be today; today, a minute; the minute and instant, and the Instant Nothing. Tho’ everything be lost, that nothing remains Nothing and the Cosmic vacuum be without end or boundary; There always will be a flame perhaps minuscule, but visible, which will show us, as a perennial guide, the way of Hope.