t equals zero
by Rheanna

Fandom: Doctor Who (new series)
Summary: "This is where it starts."
Rating: U
Completed: 2006/08
Length: 144 words
Notes: A villanelle for the ninth Doctor. Poetry warning!

This place is nothing: this is where it starts,
this pinprick moment, potential-loaded,
the universe as frozen as these hearts.

This is the place not marked on any charts,
a nowhere place, before time exploded.
This place is nothing: this is where it starts.

It's simpler here; feelings become just parts,
component atoms not yet encoded,
the universe as frozen as these hearts.

Don't look for a creator, one whose arts
could weave life which could not be eroded.
This place is nothing: this is where it starts.

You are fire and, like fire, your bright flame darts,
filling my void with warmth and light unloaded:
the universe unfrozen, and these hearts.

But fire is brief, and when your heat departs
I'll freeze again, collapse, a star imploded.
This place is nothing. This is where it starts:
the universe as frozen as these hearts.

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